How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel Test | Final Test - Hard

Charles Yu
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel Test | Final Test - Hard

Charles Yu
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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. In Chapter 30, Charles realizes that in order to escape the time loop, he must do what?

2. In Appendix A, Charles is told to be angered by his father's explanation that he never intended to leave, but also be what?

3. Charles and his father are on their way to show their time machine to the director of what institution in Chapter 25?

4. The excerpt "theorems, miscellaneous" contains only the statement that sooner or later, a time will come when the next day, a person will what?

5. Chapter 23 describes how the crash had the fortunate effect of eliminating the possibility of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?

2. How is the director described in Chapter 25? What does Charles's father tell him?

3. What is symbolized by Charles's father's second machine described in Chapter 26?

4. What is described in the excerpt "residual objects in closed time-like curves"?

5. What theory is described in the excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse"?

6. What is metaphorical about Charles's transcription of the book in Chapter 16?

7. What is metaphorical about Charles's and his father's discovery about time travel in Chapter 22?

8. What is symbolized through the shuttle driver in Chapter 20?

9. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?

10. What does Charles discover using the key in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character development of Charles in the narrative and his actions in Chapters 18 and 19. Why does Charles choose to go to the end of the book and what happens when he does?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss literary allusion in the narrative. From what film or literature does the character of Luke Skywalker arise?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss foreshadowing and symbolism in Chapter 10. What does the narrator seeing himself outside the time capsule foreshadow?

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