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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 language does Jubal feel is the most powerful language on earth?

2. What does Michael do with Bishop Digby?

3. What idea from Mike about religion does Patty eventually accept?

4. Who finally agrees to contact Secretary Douglas for Jubal?

5. What does Michael prove when he does time in the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Michael and the rest at the Fosterite church and what does Michael do with the slot machines?

2. What does Jubal say about Michael owning Mars?

3. What does Duke tell Ben about Michael's church?

4. What are some of the activities and images Michael uses in his church?

5. Who extended an invitation to Michael before the meeting and what was the invitation?

6. What news does Jubal give Ben when he visits after seeing Michaela and Jill's church?

7. What does Michael see on the way to D.C. and how does he respond? What does Jill do with him?

8. What does Michael do right when the police arrive and right after they are there?

9. What was the agreement between Michael, Jubal and Secretary Douglas?

10. What does Jubal have Michael do during the Martian anthem and how does Michael address the assembly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael reads very quickly, and Jubal's house contains plenty of reading material, but Jill must guide him through the simple conventions of society.

1. What do you think Michael will need to learn in order to live on earth?

2. Do you think it is necessary for Michael to learn to be human? Why or why not?

3. Michael is 25-years-old and studies seem to suggest that by that age most people are incapable of any large changes in how they think, believe, behave, etc. Do you think that is true? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Michael's experience of seeing the Atlantic Ocean almost overwhelms him. The reason that water is used in ceremony on Mars is that the liquid is very scarce. Trying to fathom the immensity of an ocean is difficult for earthlings who have never experienced one, and a million times more difficult for Michael, who has not seen much more than a cup of water in his life.

1. What do you think it would be like to see something as rare as water on Mars? Use an example to support your statement.

2. When an item is in extreme abundance, it is not treated the same as rare items, e.g. gold versus water. Do you think the abundance of water on this planet contributes to humans polluting it? Why or why not?

3. What do you think would happen if the Martians discovered how much water is on Earth? Use your imagination.

Essay Topic 3

All human behavior, all human motivations, all man's hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind's tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of reproduction.

1. Why do you think human motivations and cultures would be so influenced by reproduction?

2. How do you think the animals on earth are influenced by reproduction?

3. If humans began to reproduce strictly by science how do you think that would change humanity?

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