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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. What does Hiro consider Enki to be?

2. Where does Jason work?

3. Why didn't Hiro get infected?

4. Who is Hiro looking for at the Snooze-N-Cruise?

5. The Deliverator used to have another job description. What was it?

Short Essay Questions

1. For the first time in this book, the effects of the drug Snow Crash are revealed to Hiro. What are they?

2. What are some possible reasons that Y.T. might feel uncomfortable around the people of Griffith Park and the Falabalas?

3. What is a Nam-Shub?

4. A foreboding character is introduced in Chapter 15. Who is he and what is foreshadowed in this chapter?

5. In Chapter 39, what do we learn about Raven and the Orthos?

6. What did Enki do to humanities words?

7. What is the link between the virus, the drug and L. Bob Rife?

8. In Chapter 33, we learn more about Enki and his history. What is notable to Hiro?

9. How is it apparent the control Hiro has over the information system?

10. When Y.T. enters Fedland, what else can we note about the present government?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mr. Stephenson's writing style. Name two other authors that write in a similar style. Why is it similar? How is it different?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explains rat things. How do they compare to other pack style animals. They are referred to by other names as well. Why? How many parallels can you find in nature that align themselves with rat things and what characteristics do they share?

Essay Topic 3

L. Bob Rife is a popular man. Write an essay on religious icons and their impact on society as a whole. How has that changed over the last several decades?

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