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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 had Wen Lai attended college?

2. Where does Todd go to college?

3. In which war operation did Evie’s uncle die?

4. How many minutes of logged-in time generates one Playbuck?

5. From what country had the Queen’s husband come?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Todd’s company slogan (301)?

2. Why does Rafi obsess over editing his master’s thesis?

3. How does Bart occupy himself while Evie is away on research before completing her dissertation?

4. What does Todd note about eggplant?

5. What coda does Evie hope to witness from helping the manta ray?

6. What is Rafi’s refuge on campus as a freshman?

7. Why does Rafi initially intend to attend community college?

8. What is the initial reaction to the investors offering a trial artificial intelligence to Makatea?

9. What salvation did the Queen receive from her work away from Makatea?

10. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Powers’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Playground? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is to be made of Rafi’s predilection for reading medievalist and fantasy works? Why is that the conclusion to draw about it? What in the text supports the idea, and how does it do so?

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