Digital Fortress | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Prologue - Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 - 6

1. What is a cipher text?

2. What is the purpose of the NSA?

Short Essay Question - Chapter 7 - 9 | Chapter 10 - 12

3. What did Tankado plan to do with Digital Fortress?

4. Why did Swathmore send David Becker to Spain?

Short Essay Question - Chapter 13 - 15 | Chapter 16 - 18

5. What is a tracer?

6. What is the significance of the missing ring?

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