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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. Why does Olivia want to "pay back" other humans?

2. What is the trademark of the Ceres clan?

3. How much does the Four Mile Circus cost?

4. How do Dagenham and company tell Foyle to save himself in the ruins of Old St. Pat's?

5. After her apartment explodes, where does Robin Wednesbury end up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Olivia Presteign.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Analogue and how and why it is used.

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foyle finds himself in Gouffre Martel prison. His presence there is an allegory for a descent into one's self. Describe how the conditions of the prison mirror Foyle's state. Discuss how Jisbella's contacting him, and their subsequent escape, parallel what is happening to him internally.

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

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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