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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 rank is Jimmy Bearpaw?

2. How many companies are there at Camp Spooky?

3. How many female officers are there aboard Tours?

4. What did Dubois talk about the need for in raising children?

5. What do the soldiers concentrate on bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Frankel.

2. What does the Psychological Warfare Corps want to do on Planet P?

3. What do the soldiers capture on Planet P?

4. Summarize the final chapter.

5. How does Rico deal with the shakes in the final chapter?

6. Describe the Bugs.

7. Describe the Rodger Young.

8. What does Rico think about during the night?

9. Why does the army want to punish Dillinger?

10. Describe meal time on Tours.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Starship Troopers is written in the first person and with Rico as narrator. Why do you think Heinlein chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it was written in the third person? What difference does it make to the story that Heinlein is one of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Ace and Rico.

1) In what way are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Which one do you think would make the better officer and why?

Essay Topic 3

Heinlein was in the Navy and fought in the Korean War, adhering to the rule, writers should always write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Heinlein knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Heinlein does not portray a character or setting very well? What affect does it have on the story?

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