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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 causes Foyle's regular blackouts?

2. How do Jiz and Foyle escape the ice cavern in the Gouffre Martel?

3. What is the address of the Presteign clan headquarters?

4. What is Dagenham Couriers, Inc.?

5. Who is Geoffrey Fourmyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Foyle learn about blue jauntes?

2. Describe the Gouffre Martel prison.

3. What is Foyle's response after Jiz removes his bandages on board the Saturn Weekender in Chapter 7, and what does Jiz tell him?

4. Why does Y'ang-Yeovil want custody of Foyle after Foyle's attempt to destroy the Vorga?

5. What happens to Foyle when he gets emotional or angry, and what does Jiz tell him to do about it?

6. Why does Foyle go to the Vancouver Presteign shipyards?

7. What is the truth about Foyle and Jiz's escape from the Gouffre Martel?

8. Describe the steps Foyle takes in activating the Nomad's engines.

9. What seems to be the initial impetus for someone to jaunte, but is later found to be unnecessary?

10. What ultimately happens to Sam in Chapter 6, and how does it happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foyle finds himself in Gouffre Martel prison. His presence there is an allegory for a descent into one's self. Describe how the conditions of the prison mirror Foyle's state. Discuss how Jisbella's contacting him, and their subsequent escape, parallel what is happening to him internally.

Essay Topic 2

Fourmyle's Four Mile Circus is encamped in what is known as Old St. Pat's, what was once St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Discuss the irony of this group taking up residence in what was once a church, being mindful of what the Circus represents. Explain why the Circus is such an attraction to the people in the culture. Is it an escape? An ideal to be emulated? Evidence of the culture's depravity? Or something else entirely?

Essay Topic 3

One thread woven throughout The Stars My Destination is the notion of escape and consequent freedom. Obviously, Foyle wants revenge on the Vorga, but achieving that vengeance gives him the freedom to continue his life. Are there other characters who are bound by something--be it a physical trait, an internal state, or something else? Identify at least three other characters who are "held back" in some fashion by something in their lives. Identify their handicaps, how those handicaps keep them from experiencing freedom, and how they overcome those handicaps (if indeed they are able to overcome them.)

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