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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 criticizes Wili for destroying what Authority resource?
2. Paul and the others are stopped outside of the Authority enclave by what?
3. Allison says that before the bobbles, mankind was close to achieving what major technological goal?
4. Allison and Mike pretend to be what?
5. What does Allison discover about her comrades?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Wili predict where the embobbled tenement building will go?
2. How does Della and Mike's relationship change while they are at Kaladze's camp?
3. How does Mike feel about losing Jeremy inside the bobble at the bioscience lab?
4. Why does Wili embobble the tenement building during the hottest part of the day?
5. Why does Mike contact Della, and what information is exchanged?
6. Why does Avery decide to enact Renaissance?
7. How does Wili manipulate the Authority's communication system for the Tinker's advantage?
8. What sacrifice does Jill make for Wili?
9. How does Wili manipulate Della and Mike while they are at the demonstration of the power generator?
10. How are Wili and the others able to approach closer to the enclave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The events after the chess tournament and at the tenement house spark the final conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority, exacerbating a disagreement that could have smoldered for a long time or fizzled into nothing.
1) Explain the Authority's motivations for intervening at the chess tournament. What were their long and short term goals in this action, and what consequences did they anticipate or fail to anticipate?
2) Discuss Wili's insistence on aiding those trapped at the tenement house. Explain his plan to help them and why he is willing and able to follow through on this dangerous plan.
3) Describe how the events surrounding the chess tournament hostages escalate the conflict between the Tinkers and the Authority.
4) Cite evidence from the novel to explain how the plot may have progressed differently had either Wili or the Authority acted differently at either of these junctions.
Essay Topic 2
The bobbles are a defining element of the setting, and all the major events of the novel and of the history leading up to it are shaped by them. They represent a kind of super-weapon, superseding nuclear weapons, and allowing the Peace Authority to control much of the world.
1) Explain what a bobble is, how it is created and destroyed, and what its characteristics are.
2) Describe some uses for bobbles that are seen in the novel.
3) Explain how the Authority is able to control most of the world through their use of bobbles.
4) Discuss the impact that Paul and Wili's rogue bobble-generator has on the world and its political balance.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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