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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 is the greatest animal brought forward for the amusement of the Golden family?

2. What is not unique about Bisesa's phone?

3. How many volcanoes are there in the Cascades?

4. Who is there a lot of tension between?

5. Where is the largest concentration of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Mongol way of conquest?

2. What is a 'babu' and why does it make Bisesa glare?

3. What is the objective of the Oikumens and how are they going about accomplishing that objective?

4. Why is it impossible for Tau Ceti to nova?

5. What spooks the soldiers about the city?

6. Why does Hephaistion suffer over the King?

7. What is the turning point in the way the Mongols treat Sable?

8. How is Captain Grove as isolated as Bisesa?

9. What does Musa suggest to rename Earth and why?

10. How does Kolya react to the Mongol's reaction to Musa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Kolya is originally spurred on to defeat Genghis Khan when he witnesses the destruction of Bishkek, he thinks of his wife before he pulls the trigger. Explain the author's intent by making his wife the last image that goes through Kolya's mind before he kills himself, taking Genghis with him.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of this book. How does it offer a unique perspective on time travel? What credibility does it have? esearch the author's comments on this book. What does it reveal?

Essay Topic 3

If you could time travel in one direction, to what time frame would you travel and why? What would be your purpose of traveling to that era of time?

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