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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 does Laks see aimed at him when he tops the ridge and looks into China?
2. What do The falconers shout that causes Rufus to leave his video call conversation?
3. Who decides to help Rufus with his plan?
4. Who is Squeegee Ninja?
5. How does Rufus get his electronics working?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does India shut down all the electronics at Flying S? How is this part of the performative war?
2. What does Fahd Bin Talal give to Saskia and why?
3. What is significant about the conversation that T.R.'s security personnel have about Laks when they watch him on the security camera footage?
4. What is the significance of a plane that can fly in the stratosphere and deliver sulfur exactly where the people who control the plane want it to go?
5. Why is it important for India that Laks, a human, stop Pina2bo when it would be easier for a drone to do it?
6. Who takes military control of Papua and why?
7. Why are the white people at the T.R. Mick's gas station afraid of Laks?
8. What is the second deepfake video involving Saskia about?
9. What is Saskia's new job that she takes on the condition that T.R. promise to actually listen to her?
10. According to Pippa and Rufus what is performative war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning and throughout the book, what is the conversation around geoengineering? Why are some people in favor of it, some people against it and some people skeptical about it? What are the climatological circumstances that the author presents that make geoengineering complicated for countries like China and India?
Essay Topic 2
There are stories that are meant to entertain and stories that are meant to have a message or start a conversation. There are stories that do both. What kind of story is Termination Shock? What are the elements in this book that guide your judgment?
Essay Topic 3
Prince Bjorn is a young engineer who wants to focus on carbon capture. How is he a contrast to T.R. who is a man in his sixties who thinks carbon capture is a waste of time? What do you think the author is trying to say about youth and ambition vs. age and experience? Is there room for both these ideals in the book and in real life?
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