If you missed the seminar, submit well-thought out written responses to two questions (100%; one question=80%). You may NOT answer a close-ended question.
If you were in class and did not respond twice, use the back of your remaining half-sheets ("buns") to respond to the questions. If you respond to a question discussed in class, your response must refer to the text and add to the conversation we had. (+20 points for the first, +10 points for the second)
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
If you made a discovery that could transform the world, what would you do? --E.M. (7th)
If someone else (government, school, parents, etc.) chose your career for you, how would you react? --B.L. (6th)
If you were separated from your parents (or never got the chance to know them), how would you feel? --L.F. (1st)
What happened to the man who spoke the Unspeakable Word? --M.S. (7th)
Where are people sent on their 40th birthday? --V.L. (6th)
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
What was the Unspeakable Word? --T.S. (7th)
Why didn't the World Council accept the electric light that Equality-7 brought them? --M.R. (6th)
UNIVERSAL THEME / CORE QUESTIONS
What impact does technology have on society? --J.L. (6th)
Should Equality-7 be punished for his sins against society? Explain. --K.G. (1st)
Why is it wrong for students to be prevented (by society, by their peers, by themselves) from being smarter than others? --M.R. (1st)
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Why did Rand decide to write the story in First Person Plural point of view? --Y.C. (7th)
Why is the name Fraternity 2-5503 ironic? --V.M. (1st)
What is ironic about the names of the World Council of Scholars members' names? --Mikesell
What is significant about the allusions to Prometheus and Gaia at the end of the novel? --Mikesell
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