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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simmons spend a great deal of time describing in Chapter 16?
(a) Aenea.
(b) T'ien Shan.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Temple Hanging in the Air.

2. How many steps are needed for humans to take to move on to their next stage of evolution?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

3. Who is DeSoya reunited with at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Sergeant Aenea.
(b) Sergeant Pacem.
(c) Sergeant Gregorius.
(d) Sergeant Greg.

4. Who is summoned against Raul's wishes when he is ill?
(a) A Pax doctor and priest.
(b) A woman.
(c) A midwife.
(d) A therapist.

5. Who is a settled priest on the Madrededios?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Captain DeSoya.
(c) Aenea.
(d) The Pax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Raul after he drank water upon arriving to Lock Childe Lamonde?

2. What is the name of the person who diagnosis Raul's illness?

3. Who is aggressively opposed to humanity according to Aenea?

4. Who orders the actions for the bodies to be moved into Stasis?

5. Why is Raul assigned a guard to watch over him in Lock Childe Lamonde?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Simmons gives unusual attention to the environment of the mountains at the Temple Hanging in the Air.

2. What is the Shrike?

3. What is Cor Unum in charge of?

4. What is Task Force GIDEON?

5. Why is Raul assigned a guard to watch over him when he falls ill?

6. What is used to distract Raul's escape from Lock Childe Lamonde?

7. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

8. What does Aenea describe to Raul once they arrive in Hannibal, Missouri?

9. What happens to Raul at the Temple Hanging in the Air?

10. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

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