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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. How does Stott feel about the exercise?

2. What rank does Mandella get promoted to in this chapter?

3. What kind of conditioning have the troops gone through?

4. What is the name of the company's sergeant on Charon?

5. What kind of killing is the film about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mandella's feeling about killing the animals in Chapter 12?

2. What advantages and disadvantages do the human have in fighting the Taurans?

3. What are the companies' orders once they reach the planet?

4. How have things changed at the beginning of Chapter 1, Part 2?

5. How does Mandella almost damage his eyes in Chapter 7?

6. Why does Mandella think training in the freezing cold is pointless?

7. How does Stott demonstrate how dangerous the suit can be?

8. What are Cortez's feelings about killing the animals?

9. Describe the battle against the Taurans in Chapter 15.

10. With what have the platoon commanders been pre-programmed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay revolving around the following statement: The Forever War details only two battles because the author wants to show the effects of war beyond just the fighting.

Essay Topic 2

The Forever War is a famous book which has greatly influenced science fiction. Choose a book written after the Forever War that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 3

Look and develop ideas such as subjective-time. Write 400 words on examining how much Haldeman's scientific ideas are based in scientific fact.

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