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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 is the Garissan victim that was a student of Mzu that is at the hotel of Mzu, Lodi, Voi and Eriba?

2. What are the Urschel and the Raimo ships part of?

3. In what region of Nyvalan do Mzu, Lodi, Voi and Eriba reach when they encounter possessed at their hotel?

4. What does Quinn throw at Twelve-T, burning his hands to expose the power cables in his wrists?

5. While Jay is playing with Hailie, what subject do they discuss at length?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is a person able to escape the Anstid?

2. Why does Quinn torture the Christian priest?

3. Why does Monica press a gun to Joshua's back after escaping the basin?

4. How are the fates of Louise and Genevieve left uncertain at the end of the book?

5. How have the main characters of Mzu, Joshua, Liol, Samuel, Monica, and others grown by the end of the novel?

6. What happens when a possessed goes to zero tau?

7. How does Rocio going to Capone help Gerard in his mission?

8. What are some advantages that the possessed have over the living?

9. Why do Dariat and Rubra want to fuse their powers?

10. How does Quinn view the planet Nyvan from above like a prophet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Human origins are discussed at length in Foundations' Edge? How did humanity evolve?? How has humanity colonized and expanded its territory in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Intuition has particular significance in "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict." What is the significance of having intuition in the story? Who chases after intuition? Who has intuition? Who loses intuition? Who gains intuition? What does Hamilton ultimately say about intuition through the characters of Calvert and Mzu and what is the importance of this discovery and the characters' role?

Essay Topic 3

Hamilton uses more than one iteration on the motif of intelligence. Identify at least two motifs about cunning and intelligence in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

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