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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. Who keep out of sight?
2. What is built faster than anything on Straum?
3. How many children do Olsndot and his wife have to raise?
4. What did Peregrine do that angers Johanna?
5. What melts the coldsleep boxes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Peregrine Wickwrackrum and Scriber Jaqueramaphan observe and how do they describe the Olsndot's ship?
2. What is Jefri doing during Woodcarver's army's attack?
3. What causes a rift between Pham and Ravna?
4. Describe Peregrine Wickwrackrum / Wickwrackscar.
5. What are the thoughts of the Power after it is left alone on Earth?
6. How is Johanna faring in the Woodcarver's domain?
7. What the Arbitration Arts Corporation communicate in various posts about a new Power?
8. How does Greenstalk create havoc with Pham's trust of the two Riders?
9. How is the curse of the Pharoah's tomb related to what the humans from the Straumli Realm are doing on Earth?
10. Describe Lord Steel.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In order to understand the action in A Fire upon the Deep, it is helpful to understand the layout of the universe which exists five billion years hence. Discuss the following:
1. Describe the various layers of the universe and how each one functions. Which ones are welcoming to technology? In which ones can most technology not exist? Where does Earth fall in these layers?
2. In the Epilog, Peregrine says he believes they will one day travel in space, especially now with the "two-legs" technology and knowledge. Do you think space travel will be a good thing for this planet to aspire to? Why or why not? Given where this planet is positioned within the beyond, can they develop space travel? At what speed will they be able to travel?
3. Do you think it is possible that space will change as much as it has in A Fire upon the Deep given 5 billion years? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Johanna has been quite hostile at the beginning of her captivity, so the Queen orders her lodged next to her, where she can treat her wound and befriend her as a first step to studying her. Discuss the following:
1. How is the above situation with what the Queen does similar to the saying, "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
2. Do you think the Queen's friendship and kindnesses produce positive results with Johanna? Why or why not?
3. Do you think in the "real" world befriending prisoners of war would actually be more useful than treating them cruelly? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In chapter 15, Steel tours his dungeons, where the "raw material" is driven crazy to serve as the basis "blank packs." The dungeon is described in horrifying detail and contrasted with Woodcarver's processes aimed at the same goal, but bounded by "traditional ethics." Discuss the following:
1. Though Steel's methods are more horrific than Woodcarver's, their end goal is the same. Is this goal ethical? Why or why not?
2. Do you think what Steel and Woodcarver are attempting to do is moving the evolution of the Tines forward? Why or why not?
3. What do you think Steel and Woodcarver want in creating blank packs? Are there other ways of obtaining the same end without dubious means?
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