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Beauville Exercise VII.7 (3)-A proof that $\kappa(X)\geq \kappa(Y)$ for $f\colon X\to Y$ surjective morphism of smooth projective varieties

Here $\kappa(X)$ denotes the Kodaira dimension of a smooth projective variety $X$. Question 1: I would like to solve Exercise VII.7 (3) from the Beauville book "Complex Algebraic Surfaces": ...
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Étale morphism over unirational/uniruled variety

Suppose we have an étale morphism between smooth quasi-projective (complex) varieties $X \rightarrow Y$ and assume that $Y$ is unirational. I am wondering whether we can somehow deduce that $X$ is ...