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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 Montdragon's 'gold'?

2. How are disputes resolved in the game that Brent and Charles play?

3. What question is Carson asked?

4. How much does General Harrington offer him for his vial of X-FLU?

5. How do Carson and de Vaca elude Nye again?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Brent loses this time, how does he respond? How is his response similar to how Levine felt when he lost the first time?

2. Brent is disappointed and confused. Why?

3. What does Susana convince Guy has to be done before they escape?

4. What does Brent tell Levine when Levine begs him not to let the army have the virus?

5. What is the last thing Charles does as the guards arrive at the elevator and why?

6. How does Levine gain access to Brent's Boston headquarters?

7. How does Carson manage to get the better of Nye on several different occasions?

8. What does Levine do while he is in the elevator, stuck between two floors?

9. What does Guy see that leads him to realize that there is a widespread problem with PurBlood?

10. What does Nye do to try to stop them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mime and Charles enter Brent's personal cyberspace, how does Brent refer to this intrusion? What makes him believe that this is really the case? What is the motive Charles has for approaching Brent in this manner? What information is he trying to convey? In light of the recent events, is there another way that Charles could have approached Brent, and if so, what is it? What is Brent's reaction when Charles delivers his message and warnings?

Essay Topic 2

How does Levine reveal information to a televised audience after he has been warned not to do so? What human quality does he rely on to help him to reveal facts to the audience? Does this absolve him of responsibility in the eyes of the law? Would this hold up in light of the pending lawsuit against him? Knowing the nature of people, could Levine be sure that his method of revelation would work?

Essay Topic 3

How does this novel reveal that truth is subjective? What events are presented to minimize their effect or to maximize their advantage? Compare and contrast the methods used to spread information to methods used by any or all of large corporations today. What events in our history could compare to the way information was managed in this novel? In which ways are they similar or different?

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