Cosmicomics Test | Final Test - Hard

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Cosmicomics Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. Where does N'ba N'ga live?

2. What weapon does Lieutenant Fenimore use against the narrator?

3. What does Qfwfq think of N'ba N'ga's way of speaking?

4. Who gives Qfwfq and Dean (k)yK the libraries, magazines, and computers they need for their calculations?

5. To what does the narrator compare the paths of the characters' falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the New Ones' perception of dinosaurs change over the time Qfwfq is with them?

2. What causes the narrator's suspicions about the female he encounters?

3. What does N'ba N'ga like about the water where he lives?

4. What happens to the initial wealth that Qfwfq builds up?

5. How does the narrator see evolution as confining?

6. Which bets does Qfwfq find most satisfying?

7. When does the narrator suppose that he might finally meet Ursula, and what does he fear about that potential meeting?

8. How does the narrator describe being with Ursula H'x when their routes intersect?

9. What does Qfwfq do with the body of the dinosaur the New Ones find?

10. Why does the narrator not want to show his desire to meet Ursula at the beginning of the story "The Form of Space"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In COSMICOMICS, the characters exist over enormous periods of time, while astronomical events take place in the formation of the universe. Discuss the role of time in COSMICOMICS.

1) What role does time play in communication in "The Light-Years"? How does time affect the separation between individuals?

2) What is the role of time in "The Dinosaurs"? How does time change perception?

3) What is the effect of passing time on the characters? How does passing time affect older characters like Qfwfq's uncle in "The Aquatic Uncle," and his grandmother in "At Daybreak"?

4) What is the effect of astronomical lengths of time in the stories? How does the passage of astronomical lengths of time affect the betting in "How Much Shall We Bet?" and Qfwfq in "A Sign in Space"? How do the astronomical lengths of time in the novel affect the reader's understanding of Qfwfq?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the stories in COSMICOMICS revolve around love. Discuss love in Calvino's stories.

1) Who are the women that the central characters fall in love with? What attracts the central characters to women in the stories?

2) What do women love in the stories? How do the women interact with the men who love them, and with the ones they love?

3) Why are there no happy endings to the love stories in Calvino's collection? What ways does love end? What does this say about Calvino's attitude toward love?

Essay Topic 3

In science, future events are predicable, based on physical laws. From this standpoint of predictable physical laws, it's possible to argue that with enough information, every aspect of the world is fated and predictable. Explain the role that fate and predictability plays in COSMICOMICS and Calvino's point of view on predetermination.

1) How are physical events of the universe predictable in Calvino's stories, such as "How Much Shall We Bet?" and "Games without End"? How are characters in tune with nature and able to predict what will happen, including Qfwfq and the Deaf One, in various stories?

2) How predictable is human nature in Calvino's stories? What elements make human choice less predictable than physical laws?

3) What is Calvino's point of view on predetermination? Are the characters' lives fated, much as the formation of stars is fated?

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