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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. With what does Olivaw believe Earth inhabitants have problems?
2. How many Outer Worlds are there?
3. What happens to the evidence in the murder case?
4. What does Baley ask Gladia about Gruer?
5. What is said about the Outer Worlds' military power?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the farming and mining areas set apart from other Earth space?
2. How do people on the Outer Worlds view Earthmen?
3. What happens to Gruer while Elijah is communicating with him and what does Elijah do?
4. What does Gladia tell Elijah about her relationship with her husband?
5. What is Elijah's attitude towards robots and what is the exception?
6. How is the Earth encased, and how does that make Elijah feel?
7. Describe Elijah Baley.
8. What does Daneel tell Elijah about Solaria, and what is Elijah's response?
9. What does Gruer tell Elijah about the murder case?
10. Why do the authorities believe Gladia did not kill her husband and what does Gladia say when Elijah asks her if she did it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Naked Sun is written in the genre of science fiction. Discuss the following:
1. What sets science fiction apart from other genres? Discuss several characteristics of science fiction that are absent in other genres and vice versa.
2. Some people might say that science fiction is merely for entertainment? Do you agree? Explain.
3. Discuss why The Naked Sun falls under the genre of science fiction.
4. Why do you think literary criticism breaks down fiction into genres? Do you think the labeling of genre to a work is useful to a reader? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
Klorissa also tells Elijah that the people of Solaria hate to be married. It is disgusting and unnatural and Dr. Delmarre had been working on a way to fertilize eggs so that the need for marriage would be done away with and no one would ever have to see each other again. Discuss the following:
1. What is the irony in Klorissa feeling that sexual relationships as a means of reproduction is unnatural?
2. Most cultures have their own ideas of what is natural and unnatural; children raised in a particular culture absorb those beliefs. How does that fact hinder change?
3. What do you think it would take for Solarians to become a culture based upon close human contact? Discuss fully.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Naked Sun, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Naked Sun (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not? Could any of the subplots be developed into a major plot?
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