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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 is Foyle's nickname on the cerebral ward?

2. How much air can Foyle's spacesuit hold while trapped on the Nomad?

3. What is the Gouffre Martel?

4. Who is initially responsible for Foyle after Liz brings him to Baker at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. Why are Foyle and Jiz forced to escape Baker's Zoo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Y'ang-Yeovil want custody of Foyle after Foyle's attempt to destroy the Vorga?

2. What does Foyle learn about blue jauntes?

3. What relationship does Robin have with Foyle early on?

4. What happens to Foyle when he gets emotional or angry, and what does Jiz tell him to do about it?

5. What kind of advice does Jisbella McQueen give Foyle when they discuss on the Whisper Line?

6. What does Foyle discover on board the Nomad when he returns to the Sargasso Asteroid?

7. How does Dagenham attempt to persuade Foyle to give up information about the Nomad, instead of torture?

8. What does Jiz ask of Harley Baker, and why is he qualified to do what she asks?

9. What is the relationship between Presteign and Dagenham?

10. What is the truth about Foyle and Jiz's escape from the Gouffre Martel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

PyrE is what Alfred Hitchcock used to call the "McGuffin," that one item in a story that all the characters seek, and upon which much of the plot pivots. While PryE is on its surface an explosive, it is, in the context of the novel, much more. Discuss the symbolic nature of PyrE, what it might represent on an allegorical level, and the significance of how it is detonated by the thought and the will. Consider both the thought and the will as characters in the book, and the role these abstract notions play.

Essay Topic 2

After Foyle and Jiz escape Gouffre Martel, they find themselves in the presence of Harley Baker and his Freak Factory. Discuss how Foyle is dealing with his lack of control, Jisbella's attempt to teach him some control, the significance of the removal of his tattoos, why it is significant that he undergoes the tattoo removal without anesthesia initially, and how the removal of those external markings amplify the need for Foyle to deal with his internal markings as well. Also note how the tattoos reappear when he is angry, passionate, or otherwise emotional, and how that betrays his internal state externally.

Essay Topic 3

Robin Wednesbury and Presteign are both key characters in the novel. Both of them will play key roles in Foyle's life. Symbolically, they represent two ends of the spectrum showing how external characters can display the internal characteristics of Foyle. Discuss how Robin and Presteign show the duality of the forces at work in and around Foyle. Point out how their nature and temperament contrast each other. Also discuss how Foyle's fate is somehow bound up in these two characters.

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