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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 the name of the head of psychiatry at the Combined Terran University hospital?

2. What are the names of the three girls who appear before Foyle in Chapter 2?

3. What is the phrase repeated many times by the woman's chorus of the Sargasso Asteroid?

4. Who is the man with the rebuilt platinum skull in Chapter 3?

5. What is a memo-bead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Foyle's response after Jiz removes his bandages on board the Saturn Weekender in Chapter 7, and what does Jiz tell him?

2. What happens in the relationship between the Inner Planets and Outer Satellites as a result of jaunting?

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

4. What are some of the negative aspects and results of jaunting?

5. What is the relationship between Jiz and Sam Quatt?

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

7. What is the relationship between Presteign and Dagenham?

8. What ultimately happens to Sam in Chapter 6, and how does it happen?

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

10. Why does Foyle go to the Vancouver Presteign shipyards?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This particular novel was originally titled "Tiger! Tiger!" Discuss the appropriateness of that original title, and why perhaps the title was changed to the more poetic "The Stars My Destination." Discuss which title seems more fitting for the book, based on your overall impressions of the novel, and explain the source of the current title.

Essay Topic 2

One thread woven throughout The Stars My Destination is the notion of escape and consequent freedom. Obviously, Foyle wants revenge on the Vorga, but achieving that vengeance gives him the freedom to continue his life. Are there other characters who are bound by something--be it a physical trait, an internal state, or something else? Identify at least three other characters who are "held back" in some fashion by something in their lives. Identify their handicaps, how those handicaps keep them from experiencing freedom, and how they overcome those handicaps (if indeed they are able to overcome them.)

Essay Topic 3

In the last two chapters of the book, author Bester basically throws convention to the wind and attempts to describe what happens with Foyle in hyperbolic language and graphic representations of what is fundamentally indescribable. Discuss Bester's use of these tools, how effective you felt they were, and share an alternate way of communicating the same truths without using the same conventions Bester did.

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