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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. Why is Raul assigned a guard to watch over him in Lock Childe Lamonde?
(a) They think he is dangerous.
(b) They don't want him to escape.
(c) They want to protect him.
(d) They find him delirious.

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

3. How many years have elapsed since the events from the third book "The Rise of Endymion"?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six years.

4. Whom do Nemes and her assassin siblings meet upon arrival to the planet?
(a) Ambassador Albedo.
(b) Ambassador Albe.
(c) Ambassador DeSoya.
(d) Ambassador Aenea.

5. Who is predicted to be the first to leave Old Earth and the Taliesin West alone?
(a) Raul.
(b) Aenea.
(c) DeSoya.
(d) Paul Dure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet does the Shrike invade?

2. Raul calculates that ______________ are unaccounted for.

3. For how many years is the person whom Mustafa and Farrell torture incarcerated?

4. How many years before was the person Raul meets at the Temple Hanging in the Air born?

5. To whom does the Taliesin West look for leadership when their old cybrid dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

5. Why is Lenar Hoyt significant?

6. What is needed to make the cruciforms work properly?

7. What is the Shrike?

8. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

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

10. Describe Captain DeSoya.

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