Seveneves Quiz

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Who are the Sooners? (from Section 5, Chapter 13—Epilogue)

Officially sanctioned "seeders" of plant and animal life.

Persons making illegal visits to New Earth's terraformed surface.

The first who die accidentally on New Earth.

Those selected to be first residents of the restored planet.

Rhys Aitken, British ISS crew member, has ice shipped up for Dinah MacQuarie. To what use does she put it? (from Section 2, Chapters 4—6)

Production of illegal ice cream.

The chilling of after-work drinks.

Reduction of swelling in an unreported injury that will get her sent back to Earth.

Testing of her "ice Nats," insect-like robots designed to crawl on and tunnel through comets.

Why do exasperated ground-based engineers demand Dinah send out her robots to capture images of the International Space Station? (from Section 2, Chapters 4—6)

To collect material for bragging rights.

To check the exterior for micrometeorite damage.

For proof-of-concept verification of robot prototypes.

Their CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software can't keep up with the pace of construction and modification.

When Moira refers to Dr. Dubois as a "Cheerleader for the Ark," he struggles to suppress anger. Why? (from Section 3, Chapters 7—9)

Moira doesn't respect his genuine intelligence.

He resents the attack on his maleness.

He's angry in general to be separated from his wife and children, who will die on the ground without him.

Because Moira is right. The President sent Dubois up because the public knows—and trusts—him to tell the truth, but Dubois knows he must tell some lies to preserve order on Earth.

Why does Alaskan miner Rufus MacQuarie use an antique telegraph key and Morse code to communicate with his space-based daughter? (from Section 1, Chapters 1—3)

The antique system is a sentimental gift from Rufus' deceased wife.

No one alive remembers how to read Morse code except Rufus' daughter.

This system is impervious to Internet spying and excessive bandwidth traffic.

Rufus is a Luddite and despises high technology.