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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 reasons does Anwar posit for not having received email from Issyk-Kulistan?
2. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
3. From which of the following does Anwar receive an unexpected phone call?
4. In which of the following rooms does Dorothy note Christie is staying?
5. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what does MacDonald note his former associate compared ATHENA?
2. What factors are noted in the decline of higher education prior to the novel?
3. What warnings does MacDonald tacitly offer Liz and Kemal about ATHENA?
4. What reason does Liz note that a social engineering program aimed at reducing drinking in pubs failed?
5. What does Liz note as a benefit of her assignment to liaise with the Interpol agent for Babylon?
6. What priorities does the Toymaker note having after his date and assignation with Dorothy?
7. What does Liz note as the path she will need to take to get Kemal the authorizations he needs to work on Babylon?
8. How does Liz characterize “the besetting cognitive error of any senior officer confronted by too much data” (217)?
9. What does Anwar note is the one unbreakable rule, and why does he break it (188)?
10. What preparations does Dorothy make in her hotel room against a possible teleconference (272)?
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
Kemal cites a programmers’ saying: “If we understand how we do it, it isn’t artificial intelligence anymore” (176). From experience, is the saying correct or incorrect? What in experience suggests as much? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of Kemal’s smoking? How does it manifest?
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