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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 organization was Jeremy's grandfather a part of?
2. What does Paul try to convince Jeremy's grandfather of?
3. Wili notes that most of those attending the tournament where what?
4. How does Wili react to losing his final match?
5. What is Wili's assessment of his intellectual progress?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the factors that contributed to Wili's decision to stay with Paul.
2. What discovery causes the Authority to become more suspicious about the Tinkers?
3. What is the Santa Yrez Police Company, and why are they present at the Old California Shopping Center?
4. What is Paul's home like?
5. How is the bioscience lab hidden?
6. What is Avery's attitude towards the Tinkers?
7. How does Paul help Allison escape from the Authority?
8. What types of advanced technology does Paul introduce to Wili?
9. How do Paul's and Mile's assessments of Wili's illness differ?
10. According to the bioscientists, what is the nature of and cure for Wili's disease?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Project Renaissance begins as a fall back plan created in the face of an uncertain threat from the Tinkers. However, Avery's increasing paranoia cause him to attempt to trigger this doomsday plan with little provocation.
1) Describe Project Renaissance. What is its purpose, and what would its launch involve? What would be the impact of this plan on the world?
2) Discuss the Authority's general willingness to fall back on Renaissance. Why do some Authority figures believe it will not be necessary, and why do some of them believe it should not be enacted in any case?
3) Explain Avery's decision to launch Renaissance. According to the information he had available, how justified was this decision? Explain the forces that compelled him to make this decision, and what unknown factors could have swayed his decision one way or another.
Essay Topic 2
The Authority is a world-spanning organization that maintains control over most of the globe through aggressive use of the bobbles, which it has exclusive access to. Although it ostensibly exists to maintain peace throughout the world, it also causes a considerable amount of human suffering and carries out various immoral acts.
1) Discuss what the Authority is, and how it came to power. Explain its organization, goals, and resources.
2) Describe the ways the Authority harms humanity through its restrictions on technology and its aggressive maintenance of the peace.
3) Explain how the Authority is able to maintain public support for its rule, despite its despotic activities and harsh restrictions.
Essay Topic 3
Wili experiences the most growth of any character over the course of the novel. Although he begins as an orphaned and miscreant youth, he becomes an important leader within the Tinkers and possibly the most influential thinker in the world.
1) Discuss Wili as a character at the time that he enters the story. What is his background and what are his character traits? Explain how he uses his considerably intellect at this time.
2) Describe the causes of Wili's reform as a moral person. Explain what initiates this change and discuss some examples of Wili's superior moral standing from events in the later parts of the novel.
3) Explain Wili's growth as an intellectual thinker and leader. Identify the point where he surpasses and takes over for Paul, and how and why he becomes recognized by others in the Tinker movement as an important leader.
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