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Quiz about Second Stage Lensman E E Doc Smith

Second Stage Lensman - E. E. 'Doc' Smith. Quiz

'Second Stage Lensman' is the fifth installment in E. E. 'Doc' Smith's enthralling 'Lensman' series. In it, Kinnison and the Patrol continue their fight against the forces of Boskone. Please rate the quiz once you've answered the questions.

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

Author
johnfair

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,289

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

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172

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Question 1 of 25

1. Clarissa and Kinnison thought that they'd get a chance to get to know each other better after the destruction of the Eich. Who disabused them of this thought? Hint

Port Admiral Haynes.

A disembodied voice.

Surgeon Marshall Lacy.

Mentor of Arisia.

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Question 2 of 25

2. What did the intervention cause Kinnison to realise? Hint

That Arisia could go hang!

That the Council of Boskone wasn't the top echelon of Civilisation's enemy.

That Clarissa was really an enemy agent trying to divert him from his task.

That he'd better start looking for a care home for Mentor.

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Question 3 of 25

3. While Kinnison considered his options, what was Haynes doing? Hint

Planning to take over the Galactic Patrol.

Haynes decided it was time to take the fight to the enemy.

Haynes is an old man; it's time to relax.

Planning the defence of Earth.

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Question 4 of 25

4. Why did Kinnison think Haynes's defence plans were screwy? Hint

He realised that the Boskonians could not put up much of an attacking force.

Kinnison though that Haynes was completely correct.

He thought that Haynes was too conservative.

The Boskonians had a hyper-spatial tube.

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who reassured Kinnison and Haynes that their worst fears were heedless? Hint

Sir Austin Cardynge.

Tom the shoe shine boy.

Worsel.

Van Buskirk.

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Question 6 of 25

6. While Kinnison was waiting for the Boskonians to turn up, he made a side trip. What was the result of this? Hint

The mathematics for a new weapon.

He was really missing Clarissa.

A new, undetectable spaceship.

The fishing was great on Centralia that season.

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Question 7 of 25

7. When the Boskonians finally arrived, how many planets did they bring with them? Hint

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Question 8 of 25

8. How did Kinnison trace the Boskonians in the home galaxy? Hint

The drug runners, the zwilniks.

Crooked politicians.

The pirates.

Bent judges.

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Question 9 of 25

9. Where did Kinnison find his key zwilnik? Hint

Chickladoria.

Bronseca.

Earth.

Radelix.

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Question 10 of 25

10. After nearly losing his zwilnik, Kinnison had a long chase out to an unexplored region. Which was it? Hint

Jacob's Region.

Dunstan's Region.

Nicholas's Region.

Germaine's Region.

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which member of Kinnison's crew wanted to land the Dauntless 'on her tail'? Hint

Thorndyke.

Kinnison.

Henderson.

Worsel.

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Question 12 of 25

12. What job did the first person that Kinnison met, when the Dauntless landed, do? Hint

He was an aircraft maintenance tech.

He was the local lawman.

She was the planetary leader.

She was the airport manager.

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Question 13 of 25

13. What happened to the zwilnik Kinnison had been tracking? Hint

He was taken prisoner, but 'shot while escaping'.

He took her prisoner and persuaded her that Civilisation was a good idea.

The zwilnik refused to be taken prisoner and killed himself.

The zwilnik persuaded the locals to fight to the death for her.

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Question 14 of 25

14. Clarissa MacDougall is, as we might guess, a special woman. What in particular marked her out for honour? Hint

She became the first female lensperson.

She let Kim Kinnison marry someone else for political considerations.

She was killed defending her hospital from a Boskonian attack.

Clarissa betrays Civilisation to Boskone.

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Question 15 of 25

15. While Clarissa undertook her own investigations, Kinnison went into deep cover once more. Who did he become this time? Hint

A jewel thief.

A mendicant monk.

The local village idiot.

A scientific genius-for-hire.

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was Kinnison's target while in deep cover? Hint

The planet Lonabar.

The dread planet Ploor.

The planet Thrale.

Edorre itself.

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Question 17 of 25

17. When boss-man Bleeko blew up Kinnison's establishment, what did Kinnison attack in return? Hint

Bleeko's palace.

Bleeko's biggest factory.

One of Bleeko's shopping malls.

Bleeko's largest jewel mine.

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Question 18 of 25

18. Did Bleeko give Kinnison any clues as to the next stage up?

Yes

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Question 19 of 25

19. While Kinnison had been off planet chasing, what had Clarissa been doing? Hint

She was investigating the frigid planet Lyrane VIII.

Trying to get the people of Lyrane II to talk to her.

Clarissa had qualified as a doctor.

Clarissa had been put on trial for treason!

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Question 20 of 25

20. We're hot on the trail of the upper echelons of Boskonia now. Where does Kinnison's latest trail take him? Hint

Nowhere the Patrol was able to follow - the trackless deeps of space.

Almost all the way back to Earth.

Deep into the Second Galaxy.

Arisia.

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Question 21 of 25

21. What did Port Admiral Haynes do to hide Kinnison's mission? Hint

Why do anything? Kinnison was on a wild goose chase.

He was forced to order the surrender of Civilisation's forces.

He mobilised the grand fleet of the Patrol in order to invade the Second Galaxy.

He betrayed Civilisation to Boskone.

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which planet was at the end of Kinnison's trail? Hint

Medon.

Onlo.

Thrale.

Arisia.

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Question 23 of 25

23. Kinnison worked his way up through the ranks of this planet's military. Where did he start, and where did he end up? Hint

Lieutenant. Tyrant.

Colonel. General.

Private. The Grave.

Prime Minister. Tyrant.

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who was the prime minister of this final Boskonian planet? Hint

A native by the name of Fossten.

Gharlane of Edorre.

A crazy Arisian pretending to be the prime minister.

A figment of everyone's imagination.

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Question 25 of 25

25. Did Kinnison manage to defeat Fossten in mental conflict?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Clarissa and Kinnison thought that they'd get a chance to get to know each other better after the destruction of the Eich. Who disabused them of this thought?

Answer: Mentor of Arisia.

Kinnison and Clarissa had barely left her quarters before Mentor stopped them.

2. What did the intervention cause Kinnison to realise?

Answer: That the Council of Boskone wasn't the top echelon of Civilisation's enemy.

Of course, Kinnison being who he was, turning his back on a problem was impossible.

3. While Kinnison considered his options, what was Haynes doing?

Answer: Planning the defence of Earth.

As president of the Galactic Council and Port Admiral of the Galactic Patrol, Haynes is already the most powerful being in Civilisation.

4. Why did Kinnison think Haynes's defence plans were screwy?

Answer: The Boskonians had a hyper-spatial tube.

The hyper-space tube would enable the enemy forces to go directly from their home base to the Solar System.

5. Who reassured Kinnison and Haynes that their worst fears were heedless?

Answer: Sir Austin Cardynge.

Sir Austin is Earth's mightiest mathematical brain. Although Worsel is as intelligent as Kinnison, neither had Sir Austin's specialist abilities. Van Buskirk preferred smashing things to thinking about them.

6. While Kinnison was waiting for the Boskonians to turn up, he made a side trip. What was the result of this?

Answer: The mathematics for a new weapon.

Kinnison and members of the Council of Scientists developed the principles of the Sun Beam.

7. When the Boskonians finally arrived, how many planets did they bring with them?

Answer: 7

The seven planets, powered and armed as only planets could be, almost won the engagement for Boskone. Only the sun beam allowed them to be destroyed.

8. How did Kinnison trace the Boskonians in the home galaxy?

Answer: The drug runners, the zwilniks.

Kinnison had thought the zwilniks' organisation had been as badly battered as the pirates'. Fortunately for his investigations the zwilniks were back in force.

9. Where did Kinnison find his key zwilnik?

Answer: Earth.

Kinnison had a heck of a job tracing his zwilnik, though!

10. After nearly losing his zwilnik, Kinnison had a long chase out to an unexplored region. Which was it?

Answer: Dunstan's Region.

Dunstan's Region was a spur of stars off one of the major spiral arms with little to recommend it to Civilisation.

11. Which member of Kinnison's crew wanted to land the Dauntless 'on her tail'?

Answer: Henderson.

Henderson had no worries about his ability to put the Dauntless down without the traditional spiral used to lose velocity. Henderson was the top rated pilot in the patrol.

12. What job did the first person that Kinnison met, when the Dauntless landed, do?

Answer: She was the airport manager.

Both the zwilnik and the Dauntless put down at an airport - the locals did not have a presence in space.

13. What happened to the zwilnik Kinnison had been tracking?

Answer: He took her prisoner and persuaded her that Civilisation was a good idea.

Illona Potter proved to be an innocent abroad and Kinnison came to admire her as if she were his little sister.

14. Clarissa MacDougall is, as we might guess, a special woman. What in particular marked her out for honour?

Answer: She became the first female lensperson.

Many centuries before, an ancestress had been told there would be a female lensman and the time was nigh.

15. While Clarissa undertook her own investigations, Kinnison went into deep cover once more. Who did he become this time?

Answer: A jewel thief.

Usually Kinnison's alter egos had faded into the background but with Cartiff Kinnison was the talk of the galaxy. Cartiff was a jeweller and master fence.

16. What was Kinnison's target while in deep cover?

Answer: The planet Lonabar.

Lonabar was where Illona had come from and Kinnison wanted to find out why she'd been sent.

All the other planets would be visited by the Patrol.

17. When boss-man Bleeko blew up Kinnison's establishment, what did Kinnison attack in return?

Answer: Bleeko's largest jewel mine.

Bleeko's jewel mine was the target of Kinnison's retaliation. But he did not intend to kill anyone as Bleeko hadn't.

18. Did Bleeko give Kinnison any clues as to the next stage up?

Answer: No

Boskonian psychologists had started making sure their agents could not recall their connections to the higher levels until those higher levels wanted them to.

19. While Kinnison had been off planet chasing, what had Clarissa been doing?

Answer: Trying to get the people of Lyrane II to talk to her.

Kinnison, as a male, hadn't got very far on Lyrane II. He hoped that Clarissa could do better and though reluctant to follow the local dress code, she succeeded in uncovering a deep mystery on the planet.

20. We're hot on the trail of the upper echelons of Boskonia now. Where does Kinnison's latest trail take him?

Answer: Deep into the Second Galaxy.

Through a series of doglegs and traps, the communications links went into the Second Galaxy.

21. What did Port Admiral Haynes do to hide Kinnison's mission?

Answer: He mobilised the grand fleet of the Patrol in order to invade the Second Galaxy.

Haynes reckoned that the invasion of the Second Galaxy was worthwhile in its own right.

22. Which planet was at the end of Kinnison's trail?

Answer: Thrale.

Thrale proved to be the planet which Kinnison thought he was looking for.

23. Kinnison worked his way up through the ranks of this planet's military. Where did he start, and where did he end up?

Answer: Lieutenant. Tyrant.

Kinnison's rise was rapid, but, hopefully, not too rapid...

24. Who was the prime minister of this final Boskonian planet?

Answer: Gharlane of Edorre.

Fossten wasn't what he looked like, but was an energised piece of flesh as Gharlane could not have survived in his natural form.

25. Did Kinnison manage to defeat Fossten in mental conflict?

Answer: Yes

Whne Fossten died, he appeared to Kinnison as a virtual twin of Mentor of Arisia. This was another illusion, this time maintained by Mentor.

Source: Author johnfair

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