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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. Allison and Mike pretend to be what?
2. Where does Mike suggest that Paul move?
3. Mike contends he never wanted any harm to come to whom?
4. Allison says that before the bobbles, mankind was close to achieving what major technological goal?
5. When Della and Mike corner Wili, what does Della tell Mike to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mike feel about losing Jeremy inside the bobble at the bioscience lab?
2. Why does Wili decide to trust Mike?
3. How are Paul and the others able to travel to the Authority enclave in secret?
4. What major intelligence problem does the Authority face during the battle, and what does Della recommend to solve it?
5. What sacrifice does Jill make for Wili?
6. Why does Paul decide to embobble himself?
7. How are Wili and the others able to approach closer to the enclave?
8. How does Della and Mike's relationship change while they are at Kaladze's camp?
9. How does Wili predict where the embobbled tenement building will go?
10. How does Avery lose control over the situation early in the battle with the Tinkers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The events that led to the unusual state of raffias are only discussed tangentially and only become clear in the final chapters of the story. The rise of the Authority rapidly and dramatically altered the political landscape of the world.
1) Explain how the bobbles were discovered and first created. What involvement did Paul and the progenitors of the Authority have in these discoveries?
2) Describe how the Authority came to power and how it was able to subdue major military powers such as the United States?
3) Using evidence from the book, speculate as to how the setting could have evolved differently had some minor factors been altered slightly.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the novel, the world has been totally destabilized by the destruction of the Authority as a cohesive organization. Although Paul, Wili, and the others have accomplished what they set out to do, they express concerns about what effects their actions will have on the world at large.
1) Discuss the major events that occur at the end of the novel which will have a major impact on the stability of the world. Describe the causes of these events and how closely they conformed to Paul's plans.
2) Describe the major political and military powers that exist outside of the Authority, and how they are likely to react to the power vacuum created by the bobbling of the Authority enclave.
3) Speculate, using information from the book, about how the characters remaining at the end of the novel will act to stabilize the world.
4) Based on the situation and the possibilities you have discussed so far, make an assessment as to whether or not Paul and the Tinkers were justified in their plan of action against the Authority.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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