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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 does Susan think of Swathmore's plan?

2. What does not happen as Becker walks out of the hotel in Spain?

3. What does Jabba learn from his assistant?

4. What does Hale find when he arrives at the hangar?

5. What does Midge Wilken see from her office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Swathmore plan to do about the situation in Crypto?

2. Becker tries to call Swathmore from the airport but can't get a line. What does he remember?

3. After talking to Swathmore, what does Susan learn from Hale?

4. What does Becker learn from Two-Tone?

5. What happens when Midge and Brinkerhoff are in the Director's office looking at the printout?

6. What is Midge's plan when she learns that it is possible for Swathmore to bypass Gauntlet?

7. What is the purpose of the NSA?

8. How does Greg Hale feel he has to stop Phil Chartrukian?

9. What is the significance of the missing ring?

10. Jabba had been ignoring Midge's concerns about TRANSLTR and the possibility of a virus all day. Why did he suddenly drop what he was doing and run to the main data banks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, Hale and other characters complain about the EFF. What is the EFF? What are its functions? What are the pros and cons of watchdog organizations? Why was it mentioned so often by the various characters?

Essay Topic 2

The Digital Fortress is a suspense novel. Discuss the level of suspense in the novel. Is it at the proper level? Did you feel that you couldn't put the book down because you have to know what happened next? Is this the way it should be? What is the role of suspense?

Essay Topic 3

What is an anonymous server? What are the benefits of an anonymous server? Under what circumstances would people want to use one and why?

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