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

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

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? Vossil Urleyn DeWar Quience

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? Drezen Luxuria Lavishia Xenophobia

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"? Gadfium Count Alandre Sessine VII Bascule the Teller Diziet Sma

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

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

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