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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 does Jeremy's family's business do?
2. What was Wili's social status in the factions?
3. To whom does Allison intend to report her findings about Livermore?
4. Wili's sickness causes him to constantly experience what?
5. Interest in which of the following convince Wili to stay at Paul's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How and why does Della manipulate Mike?
2. What is Avery's attitude towards the Tinkers?
3. What are Paul's reasons for accepting Wili as an apprentice?
4. Why does Paul not accompany Wili to the chess tournament?
5. How do Paul's and Mile's assessments of Wili's illness differ?
6. How is Wili treated at Paul's house?
7. According to the bioscientists, what is the nature of and cure for Wili's disease?
8. What is Wili's plan when he arrives at Paul's home?
9. Which group does Mike betray by taking Wili to the bioscientists?
10. What is Paul's opinion about the bobbles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Jill is a computer program created by Paul for both practical and sentimental reasons. At the height of the final battle between the Tinkers and the Authority, she allows Wili to escape while sentencing herself to almost certain capture and destruction.
1) Discuss the reasons Paul had for creating Jill. Describe her sentimental importance to Paul, and the functional role she fulfills.
2) Explain some of the behaviors Jill exhibits which suggest she has become more than a simple program. Additionally, discuss the reactions other characters have to these behaviors.
3) After Jill sends Wili away to complete the embobbling program herself, the other characters discuss whether or not she was fully sentient and whether her actions constituted a sacrifice. Cite evidence from the book and speculate as to whether Jill was independently intelligent, whether she had real emotions, and whether her destruction constitutes a real sacrifice.
Essay Topic 3
The bioscientists are a group not unlike the Tinkers in their pursuit of knowledge. However, the Authority took issue with them some time before the beginning of the novel, and they have been forced to live underground, sometimes in a literal sense.
1) Describe the bioscientists as an organization, their structure, goals, and capabilities.
2) Discuss the reasons the Authority had for deciding to act against the bioscientists. How were these reasons similar to or different from those that cause them to act against the Tinkers?
3) Compare and contrast the bioscientists and the Tinkers in terms of their respective pursuits of knowledge.
4) The Authority blames the widespread plagues on the bioscientists. Write an assessment of this accusation, using evidence from the book.
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