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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. Which of the following flowers does Olive notice painted in her hotel room?

2. To which of the following does Vincent’s husband flee after his perfidy?

3. What is the name of Gaspery’s cat?

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

5. To whom has Olive allegedly left an inscription citing an enjoyable night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of Edwin listing himself as a farmer as he emigrates from England to Canada?

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

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

4. Why does Gaspery note liking the Periphery?

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

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

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

8. What about Roberts’s accent confuses Edwin?

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

10. How does Zoey note that those who deliberately change the timeline are handled?

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

St. John Mandel has published several novels, of which the most prominent is Station Eleven. How does the current novel compare to her earlier work?

Essay Topic 3

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

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