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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 Mars St. Michele?

2. Who is meeting in the Swiss chalet at the Aussie Cannery on New Year's?

3. According to Kempsey, why wasn't the Vorga able to rescue Foyle from the Nomad?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Foyle's goal in going to the Spanish Steps?

2. What truth does Sheffield reveal to Foyle at the Four Mile Circus?

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

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

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

6. Describe a sympathetic block.

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

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

9. What is the nature of the discussion in the Star Chamber in Chapter 14?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In the last chapter of the book, Bester attempts something close to transcendence. The reader is faced with the questions: What does all this mean? What ultimately happened to Foyle? What will potentially happen to mankind? Is Foyle the "messiah? Answer these questions in detail, with the understanding that your answers are very subjective.

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