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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. How many bridges connect the World Council chamber to the rest of Endura?

2. What likelihood does the Thunderhead calculate for the extinction of carbon-based life in its absence?

3. Of what sect are the Tonists Anastasia confronts in Fulcrum City?

4. How many years of flight paths does Munira review with Faraday?

5. In what city does Scythe Anastasia purpose to trap her assailants during a stage play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Thunderhead treat former world capitals, and why?

2. What problems attend Scythe Anastasia seeking to meet with Rowan after the attack on her at the theater?

3. What are the reasons guessed at for Curie sealing Anastasia and Rowan into the Vault of Relics and Futures?

4. What is the backup plan for the distraction at the assault on Scythes Curie and Anastasia at the theater? Why is it the backup plan (264-65)?

5. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Goddard’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

6. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for disliking having its “backbrain” searched?

7. What reasons are given for the difficulty the novel’s characters have with mortal artwork (263)?

8. What distinction is noted between previous conclaves’ security and that of the conclave of January 7, Year of the Raptor?

9. What is the persistent remark made by Grandslayers about their Seats of Consideration?

10. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Anastasia’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Thunderhead remarks that “acts taken in anger are intrinsically problematic, and quite often lead to destruction” (443). Does the novel as a whole confirm the remark? What in the text suggests whether it does or not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

It is clear that the novel belongs to the genre of young adult fiction. It is also clear that the novel belongs to the genre of science fiction. Explain how it does so, noting ways in which it follows and fails to follow conventions of the genre. (Note that being able to do so entails being able to articulate those conventions, likely with illustrative examples.)

Essay Topic 3

Consider the injuries sustained by people in the attack on Scythes Curie and Anastasia in the theater—and from which they are revived and healed. What effects would sustaining such injuries, with awareness of them and of recovery from them, likely have on those who suffer them? What in the text suggests those effects? How does it do so?

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