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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. To whom does Mitis send Shedek's paper?

2. Why did Tirin have to spend time in the asylum?

3. Which area of science do the scientists debate?

4. Why does Sabul become angry with Shevek?

5. Who stops Shevek on his way out from the dining hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do Shevek and Takver deal differently with the drought?

2. How does Vea see Shevek's ideal society?

3. What does the man's hand, shot off at the end of the chapter, symbolize to Shevek?

4. In what ways does Shevek feel isolated?

5. What does the image of the wall symbolize in this chapter?

6. In what way is Vea's argument similar to Bedap's?

7. How does living in Abbeney widen Shevek's limited experience?

8. How does Shevek realize that Tirrin's ideas were right?

9. How is Shevek forced to reevaluate his concept of time?

10. In what way does Shevek re-evaluate his purpose on Urras?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shevek writes two papers in the novel.

1) Principles of Simultanely

2) General Temporal Theory

Describe each paper and discuss how Shevek's ideas have matured through the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Shevek's character.

1) What is his background?

2) What does he look like?

3) What are his motivations and objectives?

4) Why is he so important to the two worlds?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, Shevek founds a printing syndicate to counter censorship. What do you think a printing syndicate could achieve? What effect do newspapers have on the public conscious? Think abut censorship in America. How have people battled against it?

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