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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 do Mustafa and Father Farrell torture for information?

2. Who are the last to leave the former community of Taliesin?

3. What happens to Raul after he drank water upon arriving to Lock Childe Lamonde?

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

5. With whom does Raul have a series of dream conversations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Task Force GIDEON?

2. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

3. What is Cor Unum in charge of?

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

5. Describe Captain DeSoya.

6. What happens as Raul enters the farcaster?

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

8. What is ironic about Raul's affliction?

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

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

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

Analyze and discuss how Aenea acquired such knowledge of the Core and its history and what significance the way she obtained that information has in "The Rise of Endymion."

Essay Topic 3

How is Isosaki's leadership of the Pax Mercantilus reflective of a writing flaw in Simmon's writing? Why does it prove such flawed development?

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