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

2. How far into the forest does Edwin purpose to go?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 3 in "Bad Chickens / 2401" begin?

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

5. Which of the following hosts the party at which Mirella rejoins her lover after fleeing Gaspery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edwin attempt to restore himself after his experience of dislocation?

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

3. What about Roberts’s accent confuses Edwin?

4. What paradox about her book tour does Olive realize while in Salt Lake City?

5. How is Vincent believed to have died?

6. What “magnificent” thing is Olive told about a library she visits (82-83)?

7. What project is Olive’s husband assigned?

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

9. What reason does Olive note for her reticence with Aretta?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The novel, being set in the future, necessarily suggests certain events in its own history. For one such event, how likely is it to occur, based upon the text and experience, and in what way?

Essay Topic 3

At a dinner party early in the novel, Edwin inveighs against British colonial practice. For it, he is sent away from his home, although he continues to be supported by his family. In all, what attitude toward colonial practice does the novels present? How does it do so?

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