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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. Jabba describes the problem in the data banks as what?

2. What does Susan find next to Hale's body?

3. What did Swathmore do when he bypassed Gauntlet?

4. A funny sound from TRANSLTR indicates that _____________________________.

5. Swathmore follows Susan and _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Susan view the orphans?

5. What is the problem with data banks?

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

7. How does the book end?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Swathmore had his own plans for the Digital Fortress encryption program. What did he plan to do? What would have been the implications of his plan if he could have carried it out? Why was Hale trying to stop Swathmore?

Essay Topic 2

Fontaine does not intervene in the situation until after the explosion in crypto. Why does he wait? What information does he have from tapping Swathmore's computer account? Evaluate Fontaine's handling of the situation.

Essay Topic 3

The Digital Fortress is a suspense novel. Discuss the level of suspense in the novel. Is it at the proper level? Did you feel that you couldn't put the book down because you have to know what happened next? Is this the way it should be? What is the role of suspense?

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