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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. Where are the NSA main data banks located?

2. The message makes reference to _________________.

3. How is the Caesar's Box message read?

4. There are twenty orange trees in the cathedral courtyard that are famous for ____________________________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Susan view the orphans?

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

3. What is in Caesar's Box?

4. Neither Susan nor Jabba feel the inscription is the pass key. Why?

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

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

7. Why was the Digital Fortress algorithm a hoax?

8. What happened where the filters were totally destroyed?

9. Why did Fontaine send his own team to Spain?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg Hale is in Crypto on the Saturday when TRANSLTR is trying to break the Digital Fortress code. All cryptologists are urged to not work on Saturdays. Why is this so? Do you think Hale's presence was planned or just coincidence?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was Tankado's grudge against the United States? Why did he harbor this grudge? Do you think this had anything to do with his scheme and the the mention of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the message in the Caesar's Box. Do you think he set out to destroy TRANSLTR?

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