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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 are the Upper Caste expected to do?

2. What does this peasant envy of Gloriously Bright?

3. What does laying an egg do to the Hive Queen?

4. What talent has Qing-jao been working on that she modeled after her father?

5. Why does Qing-jao want to die during testing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the obstacle between Qing-jao and womanhood?

2. What is the significance of Han and Qing-jao's paper offerings to Jiang-qing?

3. What is the significance of the Path to the Godspoken?

4. What is significant about Miro and Jane's conversation?

5. Why does Gloriously Bright implicate Demosthenes?

6. What does her addition to the catalog of voices mean to the family?

7. Why does the theory of relativity pose such a problem to Valentine and Jakt?

8. Why does Jane believe that Qing-jao will succeed at her woman's task?

9. What disturbs Ender about the descolada virus?

10. Both Wang-mu and Qing-jao envy each other. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the will to live and the right to life. How are they different? How are they similar? How can one aid the other? How is one not possible without the other?

Essay Topic 2

What is Ender's argument about free will? Do you think this is an airtight argument? Why or why not? Come up with your own argument for the origin of human nature and free will. Where did it come from? Is it possible to control? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Quara argues for the rights of the descolada. Do you agree to this argument? Explain your answer. Can you think of any similar cases in our world where similar things have been argued? Research one argument that has gotten media attention. Do you agree with the people fighting for the rights of that creature? Why or why not?

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