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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 is pulled under an ice wall?

2. What does the Raphael reach in Chapter 45?

3. What causes Raul to dive onto Aenea and into the water?

4. Who is said to be seen in a vision saving the church from mechanical evil?

5. Where are Aenea and her crew trapped when going through the portal into the Sol Draconi system?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Father Glaucus explain to Aenea and her party about the Chitchatuk?

2. What happens when Raul is forced to pretend to be a fisherman?

3. What is learned when de Soya wakes early from his resurrection in Chapter 53?

4. What does Bettik have a dream about?

5. What happens when de Soya tours the Vatican?

6. What does the Pope see in his vision?

7. What does Raul do when he finds a fishing platform?

8. What happens when de Soya wakes to find orders from the Pope that they have been rerouted to God's Grove?

9. Discuss what happens when de Soya faces the Inquisition.

10. How does Raul almost die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Resurrection takes place several times in the novel. What is the role of resurrection in the novel? What is resurrection? Discuss the process involved in resurrection and who has been resurrected in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Raul's job to find Aenea with that of De Soya's job to find Aenea. Why are these men chosen for this task? What characteristics do these men hold? What tasks are they told to perform?

Essay Topic 3

Heroism is shown when Raul is hired to protect Aenea. Discuss the idea of heroism and the way it is used in the novel

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