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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. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?

2. In the novel, the acronym TMPJ carries which of the following meanings?

3. Which of the following is noted as Crolla’s cause of death?

4. Which of the following does MacDonald exclude from artificial intelligence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What priorities does the Toymaker note having after his date and assignation with Dorothy?

2. What reason does Liz note that a social engineering program aimed at reducing drinking in pubs failed?

3. How does the Gnome characterize the economic scheme of Issyk-Kulistan?

4. What reasons does Liz cite for consultants seeking to reduce the presence of police officers in the field?

5. What reasons does Anwar give for calling Datka?

6. How does the Toymaker outfit himself for his date with Dorothy?

7. To what does MacDonald note his former associate compared ATHENA?

8. How does Liz characterize “the besetting cognitive error of any senior officer confronted by too much data” (217)?

9. What reasons does MacDonald give for disinterest in creating artificial consciousness?

10. What reasons does the Toymaker note for determining to research steak consumption in Scotland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anwar notes his phone translating a Russian-language phrase as “impact in ten minutes” (23). What narrative effect does the translation have? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

At more than one point in the novel, the comment is made about ethics being “not just a country next door to Sussex”; it is noted as being a poor joke. Explicate the joke; what reference is being made, who would understand it, and why would that audience find it humorous?

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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