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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. Who outpaced Raul and A. Bettik's arrival to the Temple Hanging in the Air?

2. Who puts on skinsuits and rebreathers as they walk up the mountain to the Temple of the Jade Emperor?

3. Who performed surgery on Raul instead of an auto surgeon?

4. What does the Yggsdrasill tour for several days in Chapter 29?

5. For whom does Aenea call the auto surgeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is freecasting?

2. What happens in Tai'an, the City of Peace?

3. Whom is the Shrike after in Chapter 19?

4. What happens on the Yggdrasill?

5. What is the Ouster Startree?

6. Describe Aenea's communion with her disciples.

7. Describe Raul's state when he wakes up after being asleep for two weeks, post battle with Nemes and her siblings.

8. What does Aenea accuse the Pope of and what happens as a result of her accusations?

9. What happens to Isosaki?

10. What does the Pope intend to do to Aenea once she is captured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the details which Simmons includes/does not include when describing the environment of the worlds he creates in "The Rise of Endymion."

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain the several layers of the Pope's deception and betrayal in his dealings with Mustafa.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the irony of Raul's affliction from a kidney stone to the events of his life prior to drinking from the public well in Lock Childe Lamonde.

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