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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 percentages does Anwar note as the Kyrgyzstani national debt that was broken off into Issyk-Kulistan?

2. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?

3. The comment that “Actual artificial-intelligence applications resemble us about the way an Airbus resembles a seagull” (306) offers an example of which of the following?

4. In which of the following cities does Kemal note a Babylon death occurs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anwar characterize the demands of talking to police?

2. How does MacDonald explain “steering people” (308)?

3. What warnings does MacDonald tacitly offer Liz and Kemal about ATHENA?

4. What preparations does Dorothy make in her hotel room against a possible teleconference (272)?

5. What reasons does Anwar note for pitying his fellow inmates in Saughton (186)?

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

7. What does Liz note as a benefit of her assignment to liaise with the Interpol agent for Babylon?

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

9. What factors are noted in the decline of higher education prior to the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explicate the significance of the name “Operation Babylon” for the coordinated murder investigations that begin in “LIZ: Snowballing Hell.”

Essay Topic 3

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?

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