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

2. Which of the following joins Mirella, Gaspery, and Paul?

3. In which of the following cities does Olive stop on her book tour?

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

5. Which of the following does Ephrem have in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What specific grief does Olive anticipate among her lecture audiences?

2. What justification is given for the construction of space colonies?

3. In what line of work is Mirella employed when she seeks out Vincent again?

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

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

6. What project is Olive’s husband assigned?

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

8. What justifications does Gaspery give for his inclusion in the investigation into temporal anomalies?

9. What does Mirella note as a “downside to having retained a few friends from her time with” her husband (59)?

10. Why do Edwin and Reginald eat buttered eggs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Sea of Tranquility? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Olive observes that “Sometimes order can be relentless” (68). Does the novel support or deny the observation? What in the novel indicates as much, and how does it do so?

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