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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. As Jed and the Deadnights prepare to leave for Valisk, who is his half-sister that insists on coming?

2. Who is one of the Kiint on Tranquillity that comes to visit Kelly?

3. As the Organization ships close in, who launches the Alchemist at the gas giant, setting it to its most destructive capabilities?

4. Baranovich contacts Mzu through an _________ to offer her freedom from possession in return for the Alchemist.

5. What is Sinon a part of that Athene fears he betrays by his liberation plans for Mortonridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the power inherent in the Alchemist?

6. How do Samuel, Mzu, and Monica try to escape the possessed via the basin?

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

8. Why does Quinn torture the Christian priest?

9. How does Quinn's operations room evoke images of genocide?

10. Why are the Edenists willing to accept the hellhawk in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in "The Neutronium Alchemist Conflict." Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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