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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. At which of the following does Gaspery look through his cell window?
2. When does Olive’s husband typically end work?
3. From which of the following does St. John Mandel note she quotes?
4. What character does Olive perform for her daughter in their game of pretend?
5. With which of the following does Chapter 2 of "Remittance / 1918, 1990, 2008" begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What examples of waking up in a new world does Olive rehearse as she returns to the moon from Earth?
2. What is the public reason Edwin spends much time walking after his military service?
3. Why does Talia not remain with Zoey?
4. Ultimately, at what response to the simulation hypothesis does Gaspery arrive?
5. What objections to forest sounds does Gaspery note?
6. What reason for the popularity of postapocalyptic literature does Olive arrive at?
7. How does Gaspery know he will encounter Vincent in New York City?
8. What does Zoey note to Gaspery happened to her after his dismissal from the Time Institute?
9. Why does Gaspery note that the people in New York City are comfortable touching each other when he encounters Vincent there?
10. For what reason does Gaspery realize offenders against the Time Institute are lost in time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
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?
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