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1. The Culture's spaceships are controlled by AI "Minds". Identify which of these ships is/are culture vessels. Frank Exchange of Views Ultimate Ship the Second Unfortunate Conflict of Interest All of these

2. What is Marain? a fugitive mind in "Consider Phlebas" a terraformed planet in " The Player of Games" a synthetic language of the Culture a synthesised virus from the Masaq Orbital

3. In "The Player of Games", what will Jernau Gurgeh, a master game player, become if he succeeds in the 'big game' in the Empire of Azad? Immortal Emperor Invisible the Richest person in the Galaxy

4. In "Inversions", the Royal Physician is called which of the following? Quience DeWar Vossil Urleyn

5. In "Inversions", DeWar tells the story of 'Sechroom and Hiltiti'. Dewar is actually one of these people in former life. The setting for the story is an analogue for the Culture and is called what? Lavishia Xenophobia Luxuria Drezen

6. What is the name of the branch of Contact, who may act in morally dubious ways for the greater good of creaturekind (as argued by the Culture)? The Sleeper Service Special Circumstances Warrior Spies The Encroachment

7. Which of the following is not a character from "Feersum Endjinn"? Count Alandre Sessine VII Gadfium Diziet Sma Bascule the Teller

8. In "Use of Weapons", Skaffen-Amtskaw is what exactly? Cheradenine Zakalwe A Spaceship A Drone A Knife Missile

9. Which of these Iain M Banks' sf novels is not set in the Culture? "Excession" "Look to Windward" "Against a Dark Background" "Use of Weapons"

10. Iain M Banks has also written straight novels under a different name. Which of the following is his 'straight' name? John B Macallan Iain Banks Iain Menzies Menzies Banks