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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. DeSoya rightly suspects that ____________ is a spy.
(a) Logan Hibler
(b) Hoagan Liebler.
(c) Loagan Hielber.
(d) Hogan Libler.

2. Who tells Raul that they can infect humanity with a vision of its future?
(a) Aenea.
(b) Nemes.
(c) God.
(d) Isosaki.

3. Who travels on the drop ship to Old Earth?
(a) Raul and Hoyt.
(b) Aeana and DeSoya.
(c) DeSoya and Raul.
(d) Raul and Aenea.

4. What is the Cantos?
(a) A hymn of praise.
(b) A map.
(c) An epic poem.
(d) A song.

5. Where is DeSoya's new outpost located?
(a) Mars.
(b) Venus.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the planet that Nemes and her assassin siblings arrive on?

2. Who assigns DeSoya to a different outpost?

3. What happens to Raul in Chapter 10?

4. How many times has Pope Julius XIV died according to Chapter 1?

5. Whom do Nemes and her assassin siblings meet upon arrival to the planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning of the Pax's raids in Chapter 9.

2. What does the Shrike do to every one of its victims' bodies?

3. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

4. What is the Shrike?

5. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

6. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

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

8. Describe Captain DeSoya.

9. How is Isosaki's group, Pax Mercantilus, demonstrative of a writing flaw in Simmon's writing?

10. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

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