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Quiz about Children of the Lens by E E Doc Smith

'Children of the Lens' by E. E. 'Doc' Smith Quiz

'Children of the Lens' takes us on twenty years from the earlier adventures of Kim Kinnison and his now-wife Clarissa. See how well you know the events of this final confrontation between Arisia and Eddore.

A multiple-choice quiz by johnfair. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
johnfair

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,558

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

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Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. How many children did Kim and Clarissa have? Hint

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Question 2 of 25

2. Why were the Kinnison family going to Earth? Hint

To see Christopher (Kit) graduate.

The girls needed a proper education.

To go shopping.

An emergency Council meeting.

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Question 3 of 25

3. Kim and his family travel to Earth on the Dauntless. Which Dauntless was she? Hint

The 3rd.

The 7th.

The 5th.

The 4th.

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Question 4 of 25

4. During the trip, what did the Kinnison girls find they could do? Hint

Change the colour of their hair.

Fly through the air.

Shape-shift.

Create their own Lenses.

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Question 5 of 25

5. How soon after graduation did Kit get his Release to Grey Status? Hint

Kit failed to graduate!

It takes years, or a special mission, to get your Release!

Just a bit more than five minutes.

Kit was graduated in Grey.

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was Kit's job to be after graduation? Hint

To travel round the galaxies having a great party.

To find out the real top of Boskone's empire.

To sit down and undertake some advanced training.

To go fishing.

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Question 7 of 25

7. Four Kinnison daughters. Which one decided to shadow Kim Kinnison? Hint

Constance (Con).

Kathryn (Kat).

Karen (Kay).

Camilla (Cam)

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Question 8 of 25

8. When Worsel and his fellow Velantians attacked a cavern of Delgonian Overlords did they use modern weapons in combat?

Yes

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Question 9 of 25

9. As has become apparent from earlier quizzes, and books, Kinnison generally operated under some form of disguise. What was his first disguise in this book? Hint

Jules Fitz, quiz writer.

Sybly Whyte, Author.

Harry Horace, interstellar adventurer.

Thonas Thomson, accountant.

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Question 10 of 25

10. What threatened action was scheduled to destroy the stability of Radelix's population? Hint

The Radelixians were a bunch of crazies to start with.

The revelation that their planetary president was a Boskonian.

The kidnapping of their planetary president.

Nothing could upset the Radelixian population.

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who was kidnapped from Radelix? Hint

Planetary president Thompson.

Kinnison.

Lensman Gerrond.

Worsel of Velantia.

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Question 12 of 25

12. Four Kinnison daughters. Who shadowed Worsel? Hint

Kathryn (Kat).

Constance (Con).

Karen (Kay).

Camilla (Cam).

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Question 13 of 25

13. What adventure had persuaded Kat that she required further training on Arisia? Hint

Finding out that her clothes were all uncoordinated.

She had badly misjudged the actions of her father's kidnappers.

Seeing her father killed by his kidnappers.

Kat had been out-thought by her mother.

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Question 14 of 25

14. What happened to Kathryn after leaving Arisia? Hint

She intercepted a damaged starship.

Kat is caught by pirates.

Her speedster broke down.

She goes on a long holiday.

15. When Kit went to Arisia, he learnt about the incredibly long breeding lines that had resulted in himself and his siblings. He'd also learnt about the equivalent lines of the other second stage lensmen. The answer to his question as to what the other members of Mentor's group thought of Humanity being chosen as the Arisians' successors rather surprised him. What was this answer? Hint

The human development was a low order probability.

The being he had thought of as Mentor was a fusion of those Arisians.

Although the human development was the favoured development, there was a minority view that a mistake had been made.

The human development was a secret from the rest of the Arisians,

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Question 16 of 25

16. Kinnison senior had received a memory impression from a space bum called Eddie while he had been undercover. What was the distinguishing feature of this memory? Hint

Eddie was incapable of remembering anything.

Eddie didn't have much of a life - that girl had made a real impression!

Eddie's memory focused on a lens.

Eddie had once been a great miner and he was reliving his glory days.

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Question 17 of 25

17. Four Kinnison daughters. Which girl shadowed Nadreck? Hint

Kathryn (Kat).

Karen (Kay).

Constance (Con)

Camilla (Cam).

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Question 18 of 25

18. Kalonia, Kalonia. Our Glorious Kal... Er, Kalonia is an enemy planet. How many people had the Kinnisons heard of from there? Hint

Seven.

Five.

Six.

Eight.

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Question 19 of 25

19. Why did Kit want to know more about Kalonia? Hint

He saw it as an easy way to win a bet against his father.

The place could be the top of the Boskonian empire these days.

It might have some good fishing.

He needed to work out a plan of the chains of command of Eddore's empire before visiting the home world.

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Question 20 of 25

20. It was Kim who went to Kalonia. He was undercover once more but what was he this time? Hint

He was Bradlow Thyron, drug runner.

He was Du Lon, investment banker.

He was Sam Jones, pirate lord.

He was Ther Rodriguez, arms dealer.

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Question 21 of 25

21. Would the Black Lensmen prove to be a threat to the patrol?

Yes

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Question 22 of 25

22. Four Kinnison daughters. Who partnered with Tregonsee? Hint

Kathryn (Kat).

Karen (Kay).

Constance (Con).

Camilla (Cam).

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Question 23 of 25

23. How many men did it take to destroy Eddore? Hint

Just the Children of the Lens.

The massed might of the Lensmen.

Just Mentor of Arisia

There was insufficient manpower to take out Eddore.

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Question 24 of 25

24. What happened to Ploor? Hint

It was subjected to planetary bombardment.

It was destroyed by dropping a planet on it.

Ploor surrendered.

It remained hidden from the Patrol.

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Question 25 of 25

25. How many Arisians are left by the end of the story? Hint

None.

Just a few hundred remained.

The planetary population of many millions.

A few thousand Arisians were still around.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many children did Kim and Clarissa have?

Answer: 5

By the time this story opens they have a young man and two sets of twin girls. The age of the girls is not mentioned but they can't be much more than their late teens/early twenties.

2. Why were the Kinnison family going to Earth?

Answer: To see Christopher (Kit) graduate.

Kit, like his father before him, was a Lensman and he was training on Earth where his name was less likely to attract comment.

3. Kim and his family travel to Earth on the Dauntless. Which Dauntless was she?

Answer: The 4th.

Technology marches on and new ships are constantly being brought into service.

4. During the trip, what did the Kinnison girls find they could do?

Answer: Create their own Lenses.

Kathryn had worked out how to form a Lens, and her siblings quickly followed suite.

5. How soon after graduation did Kit get his Release to Grey Status?

Answer: Just a bit more than five minutes.

Although the commandant of Cadets, the Port Admiral and the Board of Examiners, had all recommended Kit's graduation in Grey, Kim thought the ethics of the situation would have looked a bit off. Kit got his Release, just as soon as he got to his father's office. The time period isn't defined in the book, but I doubt he'd have wasted any time!

6. What was Kit's job to be after graduation?

Answer: To find out the real top of Boskone's empire.

Kit was eager to get on the trail of Civilisation's enemies.

7. Four Kinnison daughters. Which one decided to shadow Kim Kinnison?

Answer: Kathryn (Kat).

Each of the girls knew they worked best with a particular Second Stage Lensmen and Kinnison's direct views fitted best with Kat.

8. When Worsel and his fellow Velantians attacked a cavern of Delgonian Overlords did they use modern weapons in combat?

Answer: No

Only reluctantly would a Velantian use anything more sophisticated than their own talons if they could just get into physical range.

9. As has become apparent from earlier quizzes, and books, Kinnison generally operated under some form of disguise. What was his first disguise in this book?

Answer: Sybly Whyte, Author.

Kinnison reckoned that Sybly would be able to ferret around all sorts of unusual places that might otherwise draw attention to him.

10. What threatened action was scheduled to destroy the stability of Radelix's population?

Answer: The kidnapping of their planetary president.

Someone, or something, had been kidnapping planetary presidents after weeks or months of agitation. They even told the population exactly when it would happen!

11. Who was kidnapped from Radelix?

Answer: Kinnison.

President Thompson had been taken to the local Patrol base but Kinnison swapped places with him before being taken prisoner.

12. Four Kinnison daughters. Who shadowed Worsel?

Answer: Constance (Con).

Constance had enjoyed Worsel's company and his high speed manoeuvring ever since she'd been a toddler.

13. What adventure had persuaded Kat that she required further training on Arisia?

Answer: She had badly misjudged the actions of her father's kidnappers.

Kat, her twin and their younger sisters, as well as their brother, were all third stage lensmen, even more powerful than their parents. But this power did require some developmental work.

14. What happened to Kathryn after leaving Arisia?

Answer: She intercepted a damaged starship.

The species she met was a new one for even such a relatively well travelled being as Kathryn Kinnison; she'd met her first Plooran!

Answer: The being he had thought of as Mentor was a fusion of those Arisians.

All four of the Arisians involved in the breeding schemes were involved in training the Children of the Lens.

16. Kinnison senior had received a memory impression from a space bum called Eddie while he had been undercover. What was the distinguishing feature of this memory?

Answer: Eddie's memory focused on a lens.

The lensman that Eddie recalled wasn't a Patrol Lensman - the enemy had finally duplicated the Lens!

17. Four Kinnison daughters. Which girl shadowed Nadreck?

Answer: Karen (Kay).

Karen shared Nadreck's attention to detail.

18. Kalonia, Kalonia. Our Glorious Kal... Er, Kalonia is an enemy planet. How many people had the Kinnisons heard of from there?

Answer: Seven.

Only seven people had been known to come from the planet of Kalonia and most of these were history! A Kalonian's major difference from a Terran was the bluish cast of their skin.

19. Why did Kit want to know more about Kalonia?

Answer: He needed to work out a plan of the chains of command of Eddore's empire before visiting the home world.

Although he's bet his father that Kim wouldn't be able to get the available information quickly, it was to fill in the gaps of his knowledge that Kit needed the data on Kalonia.

20. It was Kim who went to Kalonia. He was undercover once more but what was he this time?

Answer: He was Bradlow Thyron, drug runner.

Kinnison needed to be a reasonably high level operator.

21. Would the Black Lensmen prove to be a threat to the patrol?

Answer: No

The Blacklensmen's training was of such a nature that they would not be able to stand up to the Arisian trained Lensmen.

22. Four Kinnison daughters. Who partnered with Tregonsee?

Answer: Camilla (Cam).

Camilla enjoys thinking deep thoughts with the Rigellian Lensman.

23. How many men did it take to destroy Eddore?

Answer: The massed might of the Lensmen.

While the Arisians had been capable of destroying all the Eddorians outside the High Council, this would have been really bad as the Eddorians reproduce by splitting apart...

24. What happened to Ploor?

Answer: It was destroyed by dropping a planet on it.

The destroying planet came from Nth space and travelled faster than light in our space. Just to make sure, a second planet was dropped into Ploor's sun.

25. How many Arisians are left by the end of the story?

Answer: None.

The Arisian race was truly ancient and now Eddore had been destroyed, it was time to move on.

Source: Author johnfair

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