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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near which of the following do Olive’s parents live?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 9 of "Remittance / 1912" begin?

3. What is the name of Ephrem’s daughter?

4. From what year does Gaspery’s cat come?

5. For which of the following does Olive sign an autograph?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Edwin’s father reported to have described his first encounter with Britain?

2. What reason does Roberts give for needing to fill in for Pike?

3. What paradox regarding sunsets does Olive realize while on her book tour?

4. What secret does Mirella confide in the fortune teller?

5. What explanation is given for the labeling of Colony Two as Night City?

6. Why do Edwin and Reginald eat buttered eggs?

7. How is Caiette described when Thomas and Edwin reach it?

8. To what is the initial drive to emigrate from Earth to the lunar colonies ascribed?

9. What flaw in the simulation hypothesis does Talia note to Gaspery?

10. Why does Edwin abstain from voicing his opinion on colonialism when he greets indigenous people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Sea of Tranquility should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel suggest are the appropriate attitude and behavior with which to greet and interact with creators of beloved works? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it make the suggestion?

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