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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does MacLeish equate Liz?
(a) A smoking gun.
(b) A loose cannon.
(c) A wild ox.
(d) A bucking bronco.

2. In which of the following cities does Kemal note a Babylon death occurs?
(a) Palmanova.
(b) Udine.
(c) Trieste.
(d) Monfalcone.

3. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
(a) Julius in Karakol.
(b) Victor in Jalal-Abad.
(c) Felix in Bishkek.
(d) August in Talas.

4. Which of the following amounts of money does the Gnome tell Anwar to acquire in the wake of Tariq’s death?
(a) 5,000 euros.
(b) 2,500 euros.
(c) 10,000 euros.
(d) 1,000 euros.

5. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Brussels.

6. With which of the following departments is MacDonald noted to be affiliated?
(a) Semantics.
(b) Robotics.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Informatics.

7. Which of the following does the Toymaker note attracts the attention of potential muggers?
(a) His sunglasses.
(b) His watch.
(c) His suit.
(d) His snuff-box.

8. In which of the following does Kemal note another Babylon death has occurred?
(a) Portland.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

9. Which of the following is noted as having killed Tariq?
(a) A toaster.
(b) A vacuum robot.
(c) A bidet robot.
(d) A hairdryer robot.

10. To his counterpart in which of the following offices does Anwar reach out?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

11. Which of the following aliases does the Toymaker tell Anwar to report if he is questioned?
(a) John Christie.
(b) Peter Piper.
(c) John Gacy.
(d) Peter Manuel.

12. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the unemployment rate in Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) 80%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 40%.

13. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the Kyrgyzstani national debt that was broken off into Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) 80%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 60%.

14. For which of the following does Liz note the acronym BOOTS stands?
(a) Belligerent Obstacle Objection and Tracking System.
(b) Barre-Odeon Ocular Trajectory Syndrome.
(c) Bayesian Objective Officer Tracking System.
(d) Bias / Objective Official Tracking System.

15. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?
(a) Generating conversational sound.
(b) Generating random numbers.
(c) Generating conversational text.
(d) Generating heat and light.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the Toymaker compare himself?

2. Which of the following books does the Toymaker note was present when he was living with his uncle Albert?

3. Which of the following is noted as MacDonald’s position?

4. The comment that “The stranger’s suitcase squats in the corner like an enemy garrison” (236) offers an example of which of the following?

5. On which of the following websites is it noted that MacDonald and Anwar are connected?

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