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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. What kind of boat does Domin buy Helena?

2. What does Fabry ask for?

3. What does Helena tell Domin she has come to start with the robots?

4. What character enters the scene as Domin reads the notice?

5. Why can't Domin leave the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gifts have Domin and the other managers bought for Helena?

2. In what way does the play end on a hopeful tone?

3. What does Alquist want Radius to do?

4. How did Rossum's son continue his father's work?

5. Why does Radius want the formula to create more robots?

6. Why is Nana disgruntled?

7. What are the letters Domin dictates to Sulla about?

8. What are the first Rossum robots like?

9. Summarize R.U.R

10. How does Busman die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

A film version of R.U.R is scheduled to be releases in 2011. Why are the themes and ideas used in the play still relevant over 80 years later? How will the filmmakers have to adapt the themes of the play to fit in with the new environment?

Essay Topic 3

R.U.R influenced modern literature and in science fiction. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the play and discuss their similarities in terms of the following:

Plot

Character

Themes

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