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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 Wili reveal about the nature of bobbles?

2. What is Kaladze's group waiting for?

3. Where does Mike suggest that Paul move?

4. How does Wili deal with the threats around the pass that the Tinker's occupy?

5. Instead of obeying Della's request with regards to Wili, what does Mike do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major intelligence problem does the Authority face during the battle, and what does Della recommend to solve it?

2. What happens during Della's attack on the pass?

3. How and why do Mike and Wili demonstrate their new bobble generator?

4. What is Wili's assessment of the situation with Mike and Della?

5. Why does Paul decide to embobble himself?

6. How does Della and Mike's relationship change while they are at Kaladze's camp?

7. How are Paul and the others able to travel to the Authority enclave in secret?

8. Why does Avery believe the Tinkers should be wiped out?

9. What sacrifice does Jill make for Wili?

10. How does Wili manipulate the Authority's communication system for the Tinker's advantage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Tinkers are a wide spread and loosely organized group that reveres Paul and his work. Although they suffer a significant blow during the events after the chess tournament, their actions as a group drive the plot of the second half of the novel.

1) Describe the Tinkers as a group, their organization, resources, philosophy, and goals.

2) Describe the relationship between the Authority and the Tinkers and discuss the reasons this relationship becomes stressed to the point of war.

3) Discuss some of the major aids that the Tinkers are able to provide to the average people of this setting, and describe the general attitude of those people towards the Tinkers.

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

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.

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