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ACADEC Lit 23-24

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Chemical Wedding,

Symzonia requires the reader to believe in pseudo-

science—in this case that _____

a)

the earth is hollow

b)

astrology

c)

homeopathy

d)

astral travel

2.

The tongue-in-cheek

label “steampunk” first appeared in a letter by the

American author

a)

Roger Zelazny

b)

Ursula K. Le Guin

c)

William Gibson

d)

Keven Jeter

3.

George Orr is so named as the author’s nod to ______

a)

George Ortiz, Le Guin's inspiration, who wrote The Invisible Man

b)

George

Orwell, the dystopian novelist who wrote 1984

c)

George R.R. Martin, who wrote Song of Fire and Ice

d)

George Maxwell, a famous science fiction writer

4.

The threat of human-created machines

turning on their creators is at the heart of what movie?

a)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

b)

2001: A Space Odyssey

c)

Metropolis

d)

The Machine

5.

At the end of the Lathe of Heaven, Lelache picks up what tool in the store operated by E’nememen Asfah, where Orr has been working as a designer?

a)

Electric Mixer

b)

Egg Whisk

c)

Metal Spoon

d)

Baking Spatula

6.

What is the children's version of Ishi in Two

Worlds (1961) by Theodora Kroeber?

a)

Ishi, the Boy Lost Between Worlds

b)

Ishi, Last of His Tribe (1964)

c)

Grand Leader Ishi (1964)

d)

Last Alive, Ishi (1964)

7.

Which is NOT one of the 7 integral themes in the Lathe of Heaven?

a)

the struggle with self-doubt and fragile masculinity

b)

the enduring problem of warfare

c)

the power of

friendship and love

d)

issues of

racism, immigration, and xenophobia

8.

George Orr’s belief system tilts toward _____

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Daoism or Confucianism

c)

Taoism or Buddhism

d)

Western rationalism

9.

Who pioneered the use of electroencephalography in

1924?

a)

Hans Berger

b)

Ian Oswald

c)

Ernest Hartmann

d)

Carl Gustav Jung

10.

Orr is always some kind of draftsman; his apartment is

always on Corbett Avenue.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Ennbe Ennbe gives Orr

a gift: an antique 45 RPM Beatles record of the song ______

a)

Here Comes the Sun

b)

Hey Jude

c)

Come Together

d)

With a Little Help From My Friends

12.

What is the setting for Le Guin’s 1985 novel Always Coming

Home?

a)

Future Oregon

b)

Napa Valley

c)

Post-Apocalyptic California

d)

Mars

13.

Rappaccini's Daughter: Name all three of the

men who have used Beatrice for their own ends

a)
Giovanni, Baglioni, and Rappaccini
b)

Lorenzo, Mattia, Rappaccini

c)

Antonio, Luigi, and Rappaccini

d)

Giuseppe, Rappaccini, and Tommaso

14.

Ambrose Bierce’s most acclaimed work

is ______

a)

The Satan's Lexicon

b)
The Angel's Thesaurus
c)

The Devil’s Dictionary

d)
The Demon's Encyclopedia
15.

I Sing the Body Electric: Who turns the key to wake up Grandma?

a)

Agatha

b)

Agatha, Tim, and Tom

c)

Tim

d)

Tom

16.

Octavia Butler remains the only SF writer to receive what

grant?

a)

Nobel Prize in Literature Grant

b)

Pulitzer Prize Grant

c)

National Book Award Grant

d)

MacArthur Genius Grant

17.

Snow: the Wasp sent about _____ hours

of Georgie to The Park to be stored in her personal

chamber

a)

nine thousand

b)

seven thousand

c)

eight thousand

d)

eleven thousand

18.

What does C.L. stand for in C.L. Moore's name?

a)

Charlotte Lillian

b)
Cynthia Lorraine
c)
Caroline Louise
d)

Catherine Lucille

19.

“The Mushroom Hunters” went on to win the ______ award for best long poem

a)

Bollingen

b)
Pulitzer
c)

Rhysling

d)

Ruth Lilly Poetry

20.

In her sonnet “Relativity,”

Sarah Howe was speaking directly to

the astrophysicist _______

a)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

b)

Barbara A. Williams

c)

Carl Sagan

d)
Stephen Hawking