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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. What does Tyler want Jason to do?
2. What does it appear that Jason has?
3. What does Jason tell Diane and Tyler later the night of the party?
4. What do Jason, Tyler and Diane do that evening?
5. What is suspended indefinitely?
Short Essay Questions
1. Simon is the person Diane seems to have chosen for her lover at this time in her life and yet Jason thinks Simon is the least possible good for Diane. What do you think Jason means by this?
2. What is the definition of ecopoiesis?
3. What is known about Spin that would probably cause a general panic in the population of Earth were it to become common knowledge? Is it moral of those "in the know" to keep this information from the general population?
4. Why do all the rockets sent to Mars need to reach the membrane simultaneously?
5. Why does Tyler decide to write the story of him and his friends?
6. How will ecopoiesis work on Mars?
7. Why did the NK religion end?
8. What is one theme that first appears in this chapter?
9. What might be a possible reason that the end of the story is given at the beginning of the novel?
10. Describe the overall approach of the author to the plot.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tyler is writing a record of his past, which could be called a journal, memoir or autobiography. Discuss the following:
What is a journal? Is it the same as a memoir or autobiography? Why or why not.
What is gained by framing this story in the format of a memoir? What is lost by doing so?
Although Spin is a work of fiction, the author would have the readers "suspend their disbelief" and view it as an actual memoir describing actual events. If the reader were to assume the events described in Tyler's writings were actually true, how do you think the point of view of the narrator would bias the account?
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important element of most stories. Discuss one of the following:
Compare and contrast Jason to Tyler.
Compare and contrast Jason to Diane.
Compare and contrast Jason to E. D.
Essay Topic 3
The term "teraforming" is quite common in the genre of science fiction, including Spin. Discuss the following:
What is a general definition for teraforming as found in your research? Does the definition fit the way teraforming is used in Spin?
How does teraforming appear in Spin? Explain giving examples.
Does the concept of teraforming seem far fetched in "real" life? Why or why not?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of teraforming?
Is there any possibility that Earth was actually teraformed by advanced beings? Why or why not?
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