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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 the man threaten Mandella with in the elevator?
2. What is Luna better known as?
3. What planet is Mandella's brother living on?
4. Who is Mandella's second in command?
5. Which of the following weapons does Mandella not pass out to his troops:
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the Taurans try and defeat the humans when their darts don't work?
2. What was the Pacifist Movement?
3. What does Mandella do immediately upon arriving at Stargate?
4. What is the happy pill?
5. How does Graubard die?
6. Summarize The Forever War story.
7. Why does Mandella not put an end to the distillery run by the cooks?
8. Why can Mandella's company be called test tube babies?
9. Why can the hospital not help Mandella's mother in Chapter 11, Part 2?
10. Why does it seem that there are only two battles in the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Haldeman use character and setting to express these themes?
Essay Topic 2
Haldeman participated in the Vietnam War. Adhering to the rule that writers should always write about what they know, do you think it is obvious that Haldeman knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Haldeman does not portray a character or setting so well? What effect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 3
The Forever War is written in the first person and with Haldeman as narrator. Why do you think Haldeman chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the third person? What difference does it make it make to the story that Haldeman is one of the characters?
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