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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. Where is DeSoya's new outpost located?

2. Who is M. Anna Pelli Cognani?

3. What is A. Bettik?

4. Who learns that Raul is on the planet from the Pax?

5. What is the Cantos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sends Raul into free fall again in Chapter 12?

2. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

3. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

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

5. What is Task Force GIDEON?

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

7. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and explain Aenea and Raul's developing sexual romance from the initial moment of intimate connection to the events at the end of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain how Rachel's role and heritage is a shock for Raul. Why is this information significant?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Aenea's remembering the future is different from her seeing it or predicting it.

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