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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the three important principles taught in the Academy?
2. In the Primer, Princess Nell learns that several castles are plagued by a problem caused by whom?
3. After Nell reads in the Primer that Princess Nell is not really of royal descent, what happens to Nell?
4. Who watches the three girls with Primers play outside the manor of Elizabeth's grandfather?
5. When Carl Hollywood visits a teahouse in Shanghai, he writes a paper in an effort to contact whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Three Girls Go Exploring," what is Gwendolyn's emotional state when she learns that Hackworth is not in any danger?
2. In "Carl Hollywood Returns from Abroad," when Miranda admits to Carl Hollywood that she thinks of Nell as a daughter, what reaction does Carl Hollywood have?
3. In "Hackworth Is Brought Up-to-Date by the Great Napier," what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers' activities?
4. In "Nell's Passage Through Pudong," when Nell seeks employment at the brothel of Madame Ping, what sort of service does she hope to perform?
5. In "A New Friend," what does the red-headed woman explain to Nell and Harv about the activities of the citizens of Dovetail?
6. In "Final Onslaught of the Fists," what message does Carl Hollywood receive from the government, and how does he carry out that request?
7. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?
8. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?
9. In "Carl Hollywood's Hack," how do Carl Hollywood's activities in a teahouse begin to tie together the various main characters and plots in the novel?
10. In "Hackworth in China," what does Dr. X see as the destruction of Chinese society in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways do the social and environmental issues described in "The Diamond Age" mirror our own?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impact of nanotechnology on the environment in the latter twenty-first century. Include mentions of Source Victoria, the Feed, the security measures protecting Atlantis/Shanghai, recyclers, toner, and the lack of agriculture due to matter compilers.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the various methods of sharing data as portrayed in the novel. Include discussions of the Feed, the Seed, the Drummer ritual, and the Primers.
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