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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 is the first thing that David says to Susan?

2. What does not happen when Fontaine orders Jabba to enter the inscription?

3. Susan and David meet at _________________.

4. What does Susan hear as she is descending through the sub-levels?

5. What happened to Susan during the explosion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fontaine respond to the problem with the crypto dome?

2. How does Becker become trapped in the Seville Cathedral?

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

4. How does Susan view the orphans?

5. What happened where the filters were totally destroyed?

6. What is in Caesar's Box?

7. What does Jabba mean when he says pass keys usually have penalty clauses?

8. What does Susan have Soshi do?

9. During the video conference, why does Susan scream?

10. How does the book end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Tankado opposed the secrecy of TRANSLTR and devised his scheme to force the NSA to make its existence known. How did Tankado make this fact known? Do you think Tankado expected his worm to do the damage it eventually did? What would the use of the terms Hiroshima and Nagasaki indicate?

Essay Topic 3

Tankado's favorite saying was 'Who Will Guard the Guards?' Explain the meaning of this term within the context of the novel. Who was Tankado applying the term to and why?

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