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This Quiz reviews the background/history and sub-genres of science fiction.
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1
Which sub-genre deals with surreal reality, or the "strange familiar"?
Cyberpunk
First contact
Slipstream
Space opera
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What work is credited with naming of science fiction?
Amazing Stories
Brave New World
Gulliver's Travels
Neuromancer
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Which sub-genre blends science fiction with romance, mystery, or even Westerns?
Space opera
First contact
Cyberpunk
Cross-genre
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The main emphasis of soft science fiction is...
A good grasp of scientific principles
Plausible science and technology
"Spoofing" serious science fiction
How technology affects individuals or social groups
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What sub-genre takes place in the present day or in the next few decades?
First contact
Science/future fantasy
Slipstream
Near-future
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Which author is credited with writing the first time travel novel?
Ray Bradbury
Kurt Vonnegut
Douglas Adams
H.G. Wells
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Which sub-genre deals with the initial meeting of humans and aliens?
Alternate history
Slipstream
Cross-genre
First contact
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Which work inspired the invention of the cell phone?
Star Wars
The Time Machine
War of the Worlds
Star Trek
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Which sub-genre breaks or ignores known scientific laws or theories for the sake of the story?
Science/future fantasy
Cyberpunk
Slipstream
Military science fiction
10
Which of the following is considered science fiction comedy?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I, Robot
Fahrenheit 451
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
11
Which work inspired the evolution of submarines?
Fahrenheit 451
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Drowned World
The Left Hand of Darkness
12
At its core, science fiction attempts to answer which question?
"What are we doing?"
"Are we there yet?"
"What if...?"
"Where did we come from?"
13
Which of the following real life inventions was not inspired by science fiction?
Cell phone
Submarine
TASER
Nuclear reactors
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Which sub-genre deals with computer/human hybrids?
Soft science fiction
Cyberpunk
Cross-genre
Post-apocalyptic
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What is widely accepted as the first work of science fiction?
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Frankenstein
Gulliver's Travels
The Time Machine
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What is the debated beginning of the science fiction genre?
Frankenstein
Gulliver's Travels
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Time Machine
17
Which sub-genre involves "good guys" versus "bad guys" in outer space?
Slipstream
Time travel
Space opera
Alternate history
18
Which sub-genre has its focus on the end of the world, or the world just after "the end?"
Space opera
Apocalyptic
Military
Alternate history
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of science fiction?
Grounded in science
Answers the question "What if?"
Some connection to reality
Translatable to film
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Which sub-genre asks "What if a historic event had turned out differently?"
Slipstream
Hard science fiction
Alternate history
Time travel
