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

2. How many steps are needed for humans to take to move on to their next stage of evolution?

3. Who do Mustafa and Father Farrell torture for information?

4. Where does the drop ship take its travelers in Chapter 4?

5. Who is the leader of the Pax Mecantilus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

2. What is Task Force GIDEON?

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

4. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

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

6. Describe the Taliesin West in Chapter 2.

7. Whom does Kenso Isosaki want destroyed and why?

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

9. Describe the Core's loyalty to the Church.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and discuss how the community of Lock Childe Lamonde demonstrated a resistance to converting to Catholicism.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and describe the conflict in Raul's feeling of failure when he could not save Aenea, although she had it planned that way from the beginning.

Essay Topic 3

Explain and discuss how Aenea's role in "The Rise of Endymion" runs parallel to God.

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