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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. Who offered to sell the pass key to Numataka?

2. What are the engraved letters on the ring?

3. While the director is discussing the Crypto situation with Midge and Brinkerhoff, who calls the Director's office?

4. At this point, how much time remains before the final filter is destroyed?

5. Hulohot pinpoints Becker's location by ______________________________-.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the first things that Susan sees when she enters the main databank's chamber?

2. What happens when Hulohot spots Becker receiving Communion?

3. Using the Internet for a reference, what do they finally decide to use?

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

5. Why is Susan trying to leave Crypto?

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

7. What does Susan have Soshi do?

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

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

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

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

The NSA staff does not work as a team until the end of the novel. Explain how this caused many of the problems that occurred. What is the value of teamwork? Explain within the context of the end of the novel.

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