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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 element was used in making the bombs?

2. Why did Fontaine return early from South America?

3. Why did Susan try three as the passkey?

4. Swathmore is _________________________-.

5. When the cathedral bells rang, _________________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Susan trying to leave Crypto?

2. What happened where the filters were totally destroyed?

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

4. Why was the Digital Fortress algorithm a hoax?

5. Why is Susan surprised at the suicide note, supposedly written by Hale?

6. What does Hale say that his plans for Digital Fortress are?

7. What does Susan have Soshi do?

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

9. When does Becker begin to think of Susan when he is in Santa Cruz?

10. When does Fontaine begin to realize the seriousness of the situation?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Most organizations function on the basis of team work yet Swathmore told only Susan Fletcher about the Digital Fortress problem. Other people who learned about the TRANSLTR run time, began to ask questions and were rebuffed. Some took actions on their own. Was this the proper way to handle the situation? Would problems have been avoided if Swathmore hadn't been so secretive?

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