Horizons of Science Fiction Novels

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Horizons of Science Fiction Novels: 10 multiple-choice questions on classic science-fiction novels and central ideas.

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1. Who wrote the novel Neuromancer?

   1. Bruce Sterling
   2. Philip K. Dick
   3. Neal Stephenson
   4. William Gibson
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   D) William Gibson

2. Which novel introduced the fictional science called "psychohistory"?

   1. Dune
   2. Brave New World
   3. Foundation
   4. Nineteen Eighty-Four
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   C) Foundation

3. Which novel features the Bene Gesserit sisterhood?

   1. Hyperion
   2. Dune
   3. Ringworld
   4. Solaris
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   B) Dune

4. Who wrote Frankenstein, an early modern science-fiction novel?

   1. H. G. Wells
   2. Mary Shelley
   3. Percy Bysshe Shelley
   4. Bram Stoker
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   B) Mary Shelley

5. Which Heinlein work is a generation-ship novel (fix-up of earlier stories)?

   1. Rendezvous with Rama
   2. The Voyage of the Space Beagle
   3. Orphans of the Sky
   4. Gateway
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   C) Orphans of the Sky

6. Which novel depicts an ambisexual society on the planet Gethen?

   1. The Dispossessed
   2. Stand on Zanzibar
   3. A Canticle for Leibowitz
   4. The Left Hand of Darkness
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   D) The Left Hand of Darkness

7. Who first used the term "space opera" (in its original critical sense)?

   1. Wilson Tucker
   2. John W. Campbell
   3. E. E. Smith
   4. H. P. Lovecraft
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   A) Wilson Tucker

8. Which author popularized the term "robotics" in science fiction?

   1. Karel Čapek
   2. Arthur C. Clarke
   3. Robert A. Heinlein
   4. Isaac Asimov
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   D) Isaac Asimov

9. Which novel introduced the surveillance symbol "Big Brother"?

   1. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   2. Brave New World
   3. The Trial
   4. Fahrenheit 451
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   A) Nineteen Eighty-Four

10. Which 1966 novel is noted for exploring linguistic relativity (language shaping thought)?

    1. Solaris
    2. A Clockwork Orange
    3. Babel-17
    4. Lord of Light
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    C) Babel-17