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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. Who is M. Anna Pelli Cognani?
(a) DeSoya's wife.
(b) DeSoya's sister.
(c) Isosaki's heir.
(d) Isosaki's waife.

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

3. Who are the last to leave the former community of Taliesin?
(a) Raul and A. Bettik.
(b) Aenea and Raul.
(c) Raul and Rachel.
(d) A. Bettik and Aenea.

4. What is DeSoya given command of in Chapter 3?
(a) A new ship called the DaVinci.
(b) A new Church world.
(c) A new ship called the Raphael.
(d) A new cyborg,

5. According to Albedo's claim, who is responsible for placing the non-Christians into stasis?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The Shrike.
(c) The Core.
(d) The Pax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cardinal DuNoyer is in charge of ___________.

2. Who assigns DeSoya to a different outpost?

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

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

5. Raul calculates that ______________ are unaccounted for.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

2. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

3. What is Cor Unum in charge of?

4. What happens to Isosaki when he discusses the meeting of the Core with Cognani?

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

6. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

7. Describe Raul and Aenea's dream conversations in Chapter 8.

8. According to Raul, what does Father Clifton's doctrine prompt?

9. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

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

(see the answer keys)

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