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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. At this point, how much time is there until the final filter is destroyed?

2. Where is Becker when Hulohot tries to shoot him again?

3. How did Becker get rid of his Khaki jacket?

4. The perfect square is known as what?

5. When Susan is walking on the underground highway, who drives up in a gold cart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Soshi announces that she has found orphans in the program. What are orphans?

2. What does Susan learn from Swathmore's pager?

3. What happens when Hulohot spots Becker receiving Communion?

4. What does Swathmore do when Susan leaves to cut off the power to TRANSLTR?

5. The only escape from Crypto is through Swathmore's private elevator. How does Susan arrive at the password?

6. Who hired Hulohot and offered the pass key to Numataka?

7. What does the group decide to focus on from Tankado's message?

8. Swathmore was begging Susan to stay with him. What did he know when he saw the pager messages?

9. What does Susan have Soshi do?

10. What is in Caesar's Box?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What good are security procedures if employees violate them? Security procedures, including need-to-know, have a purpose. Discuss this purpose and apply it to the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the danger of a Digital Fortress encryption program to an entity like the NSA. What would it mean for super computers like TRANSLTR? What does the Bergofsky Principle mean? Why is it the first thing everybody mentions when they hear about the Digital Fortress encryption program?

Essay Topic 3

Swathmore's actions cost the government a two billion dollar super computer and caused the death of or affected the lives of many people. Do you think Swathmore deserved to die? Why or why not? Was it poetic justice? Explain.

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