Seveneves Quiz

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Why is Markus Leuker consumed with the idea of the Big Ride? (from Section 4, Chapters 10—12)

To prove its superiority over the other two options of "Dump and Run" and "Pure Swarm."

To distract him from despair over losing his family on Earth.

It's the only way to provide humankind with absolute shelter from space debris and radiation.

To ensure he's immortalized as humankind's savior.

The Casting of Lots (where young women and men were chosen to become "Arkers") proves to be not as random as planned, resulting in Venezuelan protesters threatening to fire weaponized rockets at the nearby space port used to launch vital supplies to the Cloud Ark. U.S. president Julia Flaherty orders a limited nuclear strike and wipes out the "pirate" ships. What prompted this? (from Section 3, Chapters 7—9)

The President is sinking into madness because national leaders are forbidden to abandon their countries for life in orbit.

China, in cahoots with the United States, wants complete control over the launches.

Elitist politicians picking and choosing for sameness over diversity, and lying about it.

The protesters fired the first round.

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)

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

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

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

Rufus is a Luddite and despises high technology.

When Hard Rain (destruction of Earth's surface) begins, why does new Cloud Ark commander Markus Leuker declare PSAPS, the space equivalent of martial law? (from Section 3, Chapters 7—9)

There is an onboard faction ready to seize control of the Cloud Ark.

He's paranoid and wants control during the chaos.

Dissolving old national alliances will bring together the Cloud Arkers, and prepare them for an extremely hazardous future.

He's following vital Earth protocol.

Why do later generations not simply employ digital DNA data from Eve Moira's thumb-drive? (from Section 5, Chapter 13—Epilogue)

Political policy forbids this.

Reverting to the “rootstock” human race is considered as a kind of autogenocide.

This would result in horrible mutations.

The technological skills have been lost to time.