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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. Who said that there were less of their kind because of the lack of energy in Chapter 2a?
2. Who are more advanced technologically but not necessarily smarter than Hallam and the rest in Chapter 4?
3. What will happen if the Sun explodes, according to Bronowski?
4. Who began to spend more and more time alone in Chapter 1c?
5. Who asks Odeen where Dua is in Chapter 1c?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Dr. Hallam's life change in Chapter 1?
2. Describe Dr. Bronowski.
3. Why is Tritt worried in Chapter 1c?
4. What does Odeen learn from Losten in Chapter 2b?
5. What startling discovery does Lamont make about the Electron Pump in Chapter 5?
6. Describe the Hard Ones.
7. What does Dr. Bronowski discover in Chapter 6?
8. Describe Dr. Lamont.
9. What happens to Lamont because of Hallam's anger in Chapter 5?
10. What does Hallam say about energy and the two universes in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The role of women in this book takes on very different forms. For example, Dua is an alien while Selene is tour guide for the Lunar colony of the moon. Describe and compare.
Essay Topic 2
There are many different cultures in "The Gods Themselves" related to the different kinds of characters (people, robots, aliens) and the different settings (earth, moon, etc.) Which aspects appear invented and which characters seem modeled or inspired by real people in Asimov's life? Do some research and discuss.
Essay Topic 3
The "parallel universe" is a theme Asimov introduces in "The Gods Themselves". What does this phrase mean? How does it relate to science and to the mystical? What does Asimov ultimately say about intuition, research, and analysis through the characters of Denison, Bronowski, Lamont and Hallam and what is the importance of this discovery and the characters' role? Explain.
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