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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 location is considered the center of corruption in Rome?

2. Where does the costume ball at the opening of Chapter 10 take place?

3. Who is the first person Foyle sees on board the Vorga at the opening of Chapter 14?

4. Who is Bohun?

5. What game is to be played at the legal party given by Regis Sheffield?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do we learn is the origin of the Burning Man?

4. Who does Fourmyle see from the Gouffre Martel at Presteign's New Year's Eve party, and what is his response upon seeing this individual?

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

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

7. Describe, in a couple of sentences, the nature of the first Solar War as explained in Chapter 8.

8. Describe members of the Skoptsy Colony.

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

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

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

Foyle has to deal not only with his external physical image, but also his external image as it is perceived by others. Describe his transition from Gully Foyle, uneducated merchant marine, to Geoffrey Fourmyle, wealthy buffoon. Discuss how this transition helps him hide his obsession. Describe, too, how Robin Wednesbury complements him in the areas in which he is weak.

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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