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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. Which of the following professions does Gaspery ascribe to Ephrem?

2. Which title does Reginald’s father hold?

3. What is the name of Mirella’s late husband?

4. What had been the name of Vincent’s husband?

5. Which of the following flowers does Olive notice painted in her hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Mirella give for finding her current lover less interesting than Vincent?

2. What secret does the fortune teller confide in Mirella?

3. To what is the initial drive to emigrate from Earth to the lunar colonies ascribed?

4. What about Roberts’s accent confuses Edwin?

5. What metric does Talia assert the Time Institute uses to determine if a historical event needs correction?

6. What explanation is given for the labeling of Colony Two as Night City?

7. What paradox about her book tour does Olive realize while in Salt Lake City?

8. What reason does Olive note for her reticence with Aretta?

9. What does Talia cite as a historical constant?

10. What flaw in the simulation hypothesis does Talia note to Gaspery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At a dinner party early in the novel, Edwin inveighs against British colonial practice. For it, he is sent away from his home, although he continues to be supported by his family. In all, what attitude toward colonial practice does the novels present? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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