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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. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
2. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?
3. In which of the following is Jackson reported to live?
4. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
5. In which of the following places is the Operation headquartered?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Liz cite for having been working the control center instead of supervising the Rule 34 unit (4)?
2. What reasons does Anwar cite calling himself “a lucky man in many respects” (92)?
3. What reasons does Jackson give for authorities disliking private fabricators (30-31)?
4. What is noted as the first pseudo-nation, and what are its circumstances?
5. What does Liz cite as a reason not to harangue passing bicyclists as she leaves the scene of Blair’s death?
6. What meaning does the novel to the phrase “two-wetsuit job,” and why?
7. What does Liz note as “the problem with being on the Rule 34 squad” (44)?
8. What reason does the Gnome give for calling Scotland a “play-state” (21)?
9. What items lead Liz to see parallels among the Blair case and others in Europe?
10. What job does Tariq offer Anwar in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Liz early on shows a propensity towards assigning nicknames to her colleagues. Select one such nickname; explicate its significance.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the insult offered to Anwar at the Georgian consulate. That is, how is the insult offered, and how does it function as an insult?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, higher education comes under censure. What is to be made of the pattern? How is it to be understood? What in the novel suggests as much, and how?
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