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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. 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)?

2. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?

3. How many hours each week does Anwar note he must put in at the consulate?

4. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following kinds of hat does Anwar note Tariq wears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anwar note occupies his cellar?

2. What reasons does Liz cite for having been working the control center instead of supervising the Rule 34 unit (4)?

3. What problems does Dorothy note caused her to call on Liz initially in Rule 34?

4. How is CopSpace initially described in the novel?

5. What materials does Anwar note receiving to commence his consular duties?

6. What problems does Liz note in preparing for her first in-novel meeting with Dorothy?

7. What does Kemal note as the major funders for artificial intelligence research in the novel?

8. What reason does Christie have for doubting the police at Blair’s residence?

9. What reasons does Anwar cite calling himself “a lucky man in many respects” (92)?

10. What reasons does Jackson give for authorities disliking private fabricators (30-31)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the epigraph from Pat Robertson: “In Scotland, you can’t believe how strong the homosexuals are.” Typically, epigraphs suggest one or more of the themes of the works they introduce. Does the epigraph on Rule 34 effectively suggest one or more of the novel’s themes? If so, how? If not, what purpose does the epigraph serve, and how does it achieve it?

Essay Topic 2

What is to be made of the parallels in phrasing between Liz and the Toymaker in the ninth and tenth chapter (both remark that “Once is happenstance, but twice is enemy action” and that “Someone’s going to bleed for this. And it’s not going to be you”)? How does that significance emerge?

Essay Topic 3

Liz remarks on “what the folks writing the exams laughably call the real world” (14). What cause does she have to describe the phrasing as laughable? How does it justify the description?

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