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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. With which of the following institutions does Gaspery claim to be affiliated?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 8 of "Bad Chickens / 2401" begin?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 9 of "Remittance / 1912" begin?

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

5. Which of the following does Mirella remember Vincent pointing out to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what line of work is Mirella employed when she seeks out Vincent again?

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

3. How does Zoey note that those who deliberately change the timeline are handled?

4. What project is Olive’s husband assigned?

5. Why does Edwin abstain from voicing his opinion on colonialism when he greets indigenous people?

6. What reason does Roberts give for needing to fill in for Pike?

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

8. Why does Gaspery note liking the Periphery?

9. Why do Edwin and Reginald eat buttered eggs?

10. What specific grief does Olive anticipate among her lecture audiences?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent is biographical criticism—broadly, a reading strategy that attempts to interpret the novel through its correspondences with the figures and events in its authors’ lives—appropriate to apply to Sea of Tranquility? What in the novel and the author’s background suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Sea of Tranquility on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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

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