Lost Fleet - Quiz

What is the author's real name?
1. John G. Hemry
2. Jack Campbell
3. John Geary
4. Black Jack
How long had the war between the Syndics and the Alliance been continuing at the beginning of the story?
1. one hundred years
2. more than one-hundred years
3. it just started
4. two years
What happened to the protagonist before he woke up in the story?
1. he died when he fell
2. he stood up at last
3. he "slept" for 100 years
4. he was awakened after 100 years in suspended animation
What did the Alliance fleet expect from the protagonist "Black Jack" Geary when they first woke him up from suspended animation?
1. they expected him to be as capable as the hero from legend
2. they expected him to become the commander
3. they expected him to charge directly into battle
What had happened immediately before the protagonist John Geary was awakened from suspended animation?
1. the Alliance fleet had fallen into a Syndic trap
2. the Syndic fleet had fallen into an Alliance trap
3. the aliens had scared the Syndics into attacking the Alliance
What was Captain "Black Jack" Geary revered for during the past century?
1. his heroic last stand in the early days of the war
2. for being a posthumously promoted survivor
3. for being an all-too fallible naval officer
4. for an act of treachery during peace negotiations
What happened in order to leave Geary as the de facto commander of the fleet?
1. an act of treachery during peace negotiations
2. Geary promoted himself to the position of fleet commander
3. Geary took it upon himself to lead the fleet
When Geary took control of the fleet, why did the fleet charge straight at the enemy whenever they went into battle?
1. because of Geary's example at his famous last stand
2. because Geary's an egomaniacal demagogue figure
3. because Geary retrained the fleet to fight in this way
Why is the famous captain who Geary freed from a labor camp of Alliance POWs able to split off a good portion of the fleet?
1. because he was able to exploit the prejudices of some of the ship's Captains against Geary's attempt to change the fleet's pseudo-democratic culture
2. because he was an egomaniacal demagogue figure with a reputation almost as famous as Geary's
3. because of the pseudo-democratic allied-clan command structure of the fleet
What happened to most of the insubordinate fleet Captains who split off with the Captain freed from a labor camp of Alliance POWs?
1. they died in battle
2. they commited suicide
3. they returned to the main fleet
4. they continued to Alliance space
In what way do Captain Geary's opponents in the fleet NOT act against/towards him?
1. sabotage
2. defection
3. insubordination
4. totally submit to his authority
As the Fleet escapes through Syndic space, why do supply shortages continually plague the fleet?
1. because of a lack of opportunity to acquire raw materials
2. because of the sinister aliens
3. because the Syndics start a war with the Alliance
What troubles Geary the most about the Alliance government?
1. that the government is losing control of member worlds
2. that the government is losing the support of the military forces
3. that the government may imprison Geary as a threat to its own power
4. that the government may not deserve any victory that they might achieve
Why does Geary feel shell-shocked from what has happened to him?
1. because he can't figure out how the fleet works "today"
2. because he needs a sanity check but he's afraid to seek advice
3. because he's not very assertive at times and he doesn't understand anything
4. because he spent a century in suspended animation and has just been put in command of the Alliance fleet
What temptation does Geary feel throughout the story?
1. to become a Tyrant
2. to do things just because he can
3. to fly in and immediately start carpet-bombing everything and everybody
How religious are the sailors and officers in the fleet?
1. very
2. a little
3. not at all
How does the author deal with the theme of the dilineation of power between civilian and military authority?
1. he reinforces the concept that military forces must submit to civilian authority
2. he reinforces the concept that military authority is superior to civilian authority
3. he reinforces the concept that civilian authority is superior to military authority
4. he reinforces the concept that civilian authority must submit to military forces
How does the author deal with the issue of romantic relationships in a fleet amongst military personnel in the same direct chain of command?
1. he reinforces the concept that romantic situations must be legally impossible but politically safe
2. he reinforces the concept that romantic situations must be impossible even when politically safe