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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. Who appears and speaks to Foyle in the Mars St. Michele catacombs?

2. According to Joyce, who gave the orders to abandon Foyle on the Nomad?

3. Who are the Jack-jaunters?

4. According to Dagenham, how does Foyle come up with the name Geoffrey Fourmyle?

5. What does Foyle use to control the reappearance of his tattoos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Foyle's relationship with Steve Forrest, and where does Foyle find Forrest?

2. What is Y'ang-Yeovil's role on the Spanish Steps?

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

4. What do Robin and Foyle do after their appearance at a Shanghai party to further Foyle's quest?

5. Describe Geoffrey Fourmyle.

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

7. Describe members of the Skoptsy Colony.

8. What does Olivia Presteign tell her father about Foyle that stuns him?

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

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

Early in the book, Foyle, who is stranded on board the spaceship Nomad, manages to escape the ship after being bypassed (he thinks) by the crew of the Vorga. He finds himself among the Scientific People. The Scientific People tattoo him with tiger-like markings and with the name, Nomad, across his forehead. Discuss how those markings are an externalization of his internal crisis, his drive for revenge on the Vorga, and the significance of the name Nomad apart from it being the name of his spaceship. What is Foyle's chief motivation for his actions while with the Scientific People?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

It is not until well into the story that Foyle shows himself to have the capacity for anything other than revenge. Identify two or three pieces of evidence that Foyle can show positive traits and emotions, how they fit into the overall plot of the book, and how the display of those traits helps make him into a more sympathetic character.

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