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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 does Mandella almost get hit by?
2. What kind of cycle has Kynock recently witnessed on earth?
3. Which of the following weapons does Mandella not pass out to his troops:
4. What city do Marygay and Mandella decide to visit first?
5. What is Mandella's new nickname?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are there no Help Wanted ads in the newspaper?
2. Why do Mandella and Charlie decide against the idea of evacuating all personnel into the stasis field?
3. How does the battle end in Chapter 7, Part 3?
4. How do the Taurans try and defeat the humans when their darts don't work?
5. How has Mandella's mother's life changed since he last saw her?
6. How does the woman at the farmhouse react to Mandella's presence in Chapter 10, Part 2?
7. How does the army recruit in modern society in Chapter 2, Part 3?
8. Why does Mandella not put an end to the distillery run by the cooks?
9. What problems do Mandella and Moore identify when they explore the ship?
10. Why can the hospital not help Mandella's mother in Chapter 11, Part 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Forever War is part of the science fiction genre.
1) What are the conventions of the science fiction genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way did The Forever War help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in The Forever War?
Essay Topic 2
Examine homosexuality in the novel. Is it a feasible idea that the majority of the population could become homosexual? What would have to change on today's Earth for that to happen?
Essay Topic 3
The Forever War is a famous book which has greatly influenced science fiction. Choose a book written after the Forever War that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of
a) plot
b) character
c) themes.
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