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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 is the source that is producing less energy in Chapter 2a?

2. Who does Hallam refuse to consider gods in Chapter 3?

3. Who said that there were less of their kind because of the lack of energy in Chapter 2a?

4. Who desperately wants a third baby in Chapter 1c?

5. Who asks Odeen where Dua is in Chapter 1c?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Lamont.

2. How does Dr. Hallam's life change in Chapter 1?

3. Describe Dr. Bronowski.

4. Describe Dua.

5. What does Tritt do in Chapter 2c that is unusual?

6. What happens to Lamont because of Hallam's anger in Chapter 5?

7. What startling discovery does Lamont make about the Electron Pump in Chapter 5?

8. What is Losten's answer for helping Dua in Chapter 2b?

9. Why did Dua not want to eat her fill in Chapter 2a?

10. Describe Burton.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the depiction of these two female characters in the book, Selene and Dua. How are they similar? How are they different? How are their ultimate experiences similar? What is the lesson that the author wishes to convey through these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Power in society is a prevailing theme of "The Gods Themselves". Asimov frequently refers to this theme, painting the picture of two worlds that are struggling for power and survival. How does power relate to energy? Which characters appear honest and which appear corrupt and why? Which characters appear to rise above corruption even if they were initially vulnerable to it? What is your opinion of the society that Asimov describes? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The author describes aliens in great detail in the second part of the book, ranging from hard to soft sexes. Are the aliens masculine or feminine? What is distinctive about these different classes? How do the bodies of aliens differ from that of humans? How are they similar or different from humans or robots in cognitive, emotional, and intellectual behavior? Describe.

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