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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 message that is spelled out about the pump in Chapter 6a?
2. Who is able to find Dua and feed her food in Chapter 6b?
3. Between whom is there a rift according to the old commissioner in Chapter 3?
4. What does Gottstein hope that Denison will provide about the Lunarites in Chapter 7?
5. What does Neville think that Denison will do to Lamont's research in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Selene.
2. Describe the conversation between the old and new commissioners in Chapter 3.
3. What does Dua realize about Estwald and what happens subsequently in Chapter 7abc?
4. Why is Tritt angry and hurt in Chapter 5c?
5. Wat is Selene guessing at and what does Denison realize about her in Chapter 10?
6. Describe the Lunar gymnasiums.
7. What does Gottstein reveal to Denison in Chapter 6?
8. Describe the odd man that Selene meets.
9. What does Odeen realize about passing and fear in Chapter 4b?
10. Describe Neville.
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
Space travel appears throughout "The Gods Themselves". Who travels? Who stays behind? In what ways are characters motivated by their ability to travel? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time? Why or why not? Describe.
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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