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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends Bronowski a message in Chapter 6?
(a) Para men.
(b) Hallam.
(c) Dua.
(d) Denison.

2. What is the word in the message that Bronowski receives in Chapter 6?
(a) Death.
(b) Bleep.
(c) Feer.
(d) Dua.

3. Who is the head of the Committee on Technology and the Environment?
(a) Dr. Bronowski.
(b) Senator Burton.
(c) Denison.
(d) Frederick Hallam.

4. What is the source that is producing less energy in Chapter 2a?
(a) Protons.
(b) Sun.
(c) Wind.
(d) Water.

5. What effect did losing grants have on Lamont in Chapter 5?
(a) Made him insistent on proving he is right.
(b) Made his terribly anxious and worried.
(c) Made him lose his nerve.
(d) Made him violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes fun of Hallam's ignorance in Chapter 1?

2. Which member of the Triad speaks to Dua in Chapter 1b?

3. What is the language that is being deciphered in Chapter 4?

4. What does Lamont think that the electron pump can do to the sun?

5. Who asks Odeen where Dua is in Chapter 1c?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hallam say about energy and the two universes in Chapter 2?

2. What is special about Plutonium in Chapter 1?

3. What is Losten's answer for helping Dua in Chapter 2b?

4. Describe Dr. Bronowski.

5. Why did Dua not want to eat her fill in Chapter 2a?

6. How does Dr. Hallam's life change in Chapter 1?

7. Why is it important to feed Dua in Chapter 1c?

8. What does Dr. Bronowski discover in Chapter 6?

9. What does Tritt do in Chapter 2c that is unusual?

10. Why is Tritt worried in Chapter 1c?

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