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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. What does Raul's kayak convert into as he presses the emergency button?

2. Where is the Temple Hanging in the Air located?

3. Who awakens Raul to inform him they just arrived on a drop ship in Chapter 10?

4. What happens to the kayak when Raul enters free fall again?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

3. Describe Captain DeSoya.

4. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

5. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

6. Why is Lenar Hoyt significant?

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

8. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

9. Whom does Kenso Isosaki want destroyed and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the religious sentiment in "The Rise of Endymion" and how it does not demonstrate a typical religious loyalty.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain and discuss the significance and importance of Aenea's duality of teaching. What does her teaching suggest about her role in the text?

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