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(12)What is Edgar Allan Poe short story, “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall” about
a hot air balloontrip to the moon
the deleterious effects that modern labor practices have on humanity
trying to achieve human perfection
a trip to mars
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(31) It wasn’t until Le Guin was in her ____ and decided to send stories to SF that she began to find an audience.
thirties
twenties
teens
forties
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(29) When is Ursula Kroeber Le Guin's birthday and where was she born
Berkeley, California on October 21, 1929
Las Vegas, Nevada on April 16 1931
Boston, Massachusetts on November 14, 1932
Denver, Colorado on January 15, 1923
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(12)What story requires the reader to believe in pseudo-science
The Chemical Wedding
The Birthmark
Frankenstein
Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery
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(47) The Interpretation of Dreams is regarded by many to be Sigmund Freud's most significant work
True
False
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(8) According to the author, Shelley's talents were in
insight and analysis
sentiment and invention
thought and feeling
diction and sound patterns
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(124) Which 2 stories address the relationship between memory, mortality, and machinery
Moxon's Master and Childfinder
I Sing the Body Electric and Rappaccini's Daughter
Snow and Childfinder
Snow and I Sing the Body Electric
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(72) Ambrose Bierce's parents were farmers, and the family grew to include thirteen children.
True
False
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(16) Relationship between humanity and technology
solarpunk
cyberpunk
punk
steampunk
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(80) Moxon admitted that he's created the very thing the narrator believes is an impossibility:
something contrary to expectation
an artificial intelligence with personal preferences
a conscious machine
a thinking machine that can get bored if not properly occupied
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(52) Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven has sometimes been compared to
Roger Zelazny's 1965 novella He Who Shapes
Fred Barzyk's 1965 novella He Who Shapes
Roger Swaybill's 1965 novella He Who Shapes
David Loxton's 1965 novella He Who Shapes
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(8) At the end of the excerpt the author feels
despondent
confident
relieved
determined
13
(8) The tomb of the Capulets' is an allusion to
Edgar Allen Poe
Shakespeare
Greek mythology
The legend of King Arthur
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(55) Hawthorne’s short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter” begins with a/an
Italian doctor names Giacomo Rappaccini
Beatrice
young scholar named Giovanni Guasconti
autobiography of Hawthorne himself
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(8) The author's attitude towards Polidori is
sincere
ironic
amused
matter of fact
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(156) Every year since 2017 ___ commissions a poem
National Poetry Program
Poe Poetry
Literary Readers
The Universe in Verse
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(154) Neil Gailman wrote The Mushroom Hunters
False
True
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(81) In Moxon's Master what does the machine seize
the chess board
table
Moxon's arm
Moxon's neck
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(53) When Haber uses the Augmentor on himself, it is his ___ that cause the world to decent into total chaos.
will
attitude
emptiness of Haber's being
character
20
(158) Who says, "It is not a new idea that artists and scientists should talk to one another".
C.L Moore
Stephen Hawking
John Crowley
Sarah Howe
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(17) Contemplated modes of human conception before technology of in-vitro fertilization was used in
The Place Between Worlds
The Marrow Thieves
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Frankenstein
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(14)Who dominated the science fiction market
Issac Asimov, John Campbell, Robert Heinlein, and Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester, Edgar Allan Poe, Joel Davis, and Michael Moorcock
Harlan Ellison, John Campbell, Edgar Allan Poe, and Ursula K. Le Guin
Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. LeGuin, Michael Moorcock, and Roger Zelazny
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(74) Bierce was not only a satirist, but also a
cynic, poet, journalist, and novelist
cynic, humorist, commentator
critic, poet, journalist, and novelist
cynic, critic, poet, and novelist
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(7) The author's purpose in this passage is to
narrate the origins of her novel
analyze the creative process
demonstrate the intellectual superiority
name drop her famous aquanintances
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(47) Sigmund Freud’s overall argument was that dreams are disguised expressions of
unconscious emotions
repressed thoughts
reflections
forbidden and repressed wishes
