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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 family heirloom does Foyle give Robin?

2. What job does Foyle ask Robin to take for him at the end of Chapter 11?

3. What type of vehicle does Fourmyle arrive at Presteign's New Year's party in?

4. What is the estimated population loss in the nuclear attack on Terra?

5. Who is Angelo Poggi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Foyle kidnap on Mars? Describe Foyle's victim.

2. How does Robin assist Foyle in his role as Geoffrey Fourmyle?

3. Describe the Cellar Christians and why they feel the need to conduct themselves in the fashion they do.

4. What is Olivia's response to the bombardment that takes place during the New Year's Eve party?

5. How does Foyle find out about Lindsey Joyce, and what does he learn about Joyce at the end of Chapter 12?

6. What proposition does Foyle make Robin after her suicide attempt, and what is her response?

7. What does Robin do regarding Foyle at the opening of Chapter 12, and what secret of hers is made known?

8. What is the nature of the small slugs Foyle sent around the world as revealed in Chapter 15?

9. What does Robin offer Foyle after the New Year's Eve bombardment, and what is his response?

10. What does Foyle do after he finds Rodg Kempsey on the moon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gully Foyle is introduced in Chapter 1. The book identifies him as "everyman." The concept of the everyman is a common one in literature, but does Foyle fulfill the stereotypical traits of the everyman? Write an analysis of Foyle, based on the information we have at his introduction. Include in your analysis his background, his goals and objectives, his personality, and explain whether he is a sympathetic character and a character the reader can identify with.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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