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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. When would Noel sell the shares of the company he was currently invested in?

2. What does Winston reveal to Beatrice about her future life?

3. What ship are Boaz and Unk scheduled to fly to Earth on?

4. Who founded Malachi's company?

5. What are the twelve sides of the company's headquarter building said by the architect to represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Malachi send offensive letters to Beatrice?

2. What did the invitation to witness the materialization say regarding the relationship between Malachi and Winston? Why is this odd for Malachi?

3. Who is Martin Koradubian?

4. How does Unk's son get his name?

5. What is United Hotcake?

6. What does Unk find particularly disturbing about Boaz and why?

7. How does Beatrice feel about her husband?

8. The soldiers on Mars precisely execute their movements, such as halt or parade rest. What is unusual about their precision?

9. Why do the children on Mars spend so little time studying?

10. How does Malachi gain entrance to the estate in order to witness the materialization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When we meet Malachi Constant, he is living alone. When Malachi's life ends, he is again alone. How have Malachi's character, goals, and attitudes changed from the beginning of the story to the end?

Essay Topic 2

Resentful that he has been manipulated by Salo, Rumfoord tries to con Salo into revealing the ambassadorial message that Salo had been trying to deliver when his ship had to make the emergency landing on Titan.

a. What is Salo's message?

b. How does the revelation of his message highlight the author's use of irony throughout the entire story?

c. Had Rumfoord learned the content of Salo's message earlier in the story, might his actions have been different? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Unk struggles to regain the memories that have been stolen from him. What made Unk fight to recover his memories? Why were these memories important to him? What function did memory erasure serve in furthering Rumfoord's mission?

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