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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 sinks the Kowloon?

2. Where did L. Bob Rife find the Nam-Shub of Enki?

3. What does Y.T. ask the clerk at the hotel?

4. With whom is the person in the one-man kayak allied?

5. What is the antidote to the traditional virus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Raven and Y.T. have in common?

2. How do the Kouriers come to Y.T.'s rescue?

3. Hiro finds Raven in the Metaverse. What is Raven doing?

4. Rife is angry at Y.T. for delivering the package to Hiro. Why doesn't he kill her or infect her?

5. What is L. Bob Rife's interest in Y.T. in Chapter 60?

6. How does Fido sacrifice himself for Y.T.?

7. How does Hiro manage to create an antidote to Snow Crash? Why do you think he didn't do this before and save himself the majority of the trouble?

8. What does Hiro learn about Juanita in Chapter 42 and as a result decides to do?

9. Although Raven is a murderer, he has some redeeming qualities. Name them.

10. What are some possible reasons for Uncle Enzo to seek revenge against L. Bob Rife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that details Metaverse to someone who might never have heard of a computer before? Discuss restrictions vs. abilities in this world and in that one.

Essay Topic 2

Faith and religion are intertwined with technology throughout this novel. Write an essay that explains how and why they are so closely related, and how that compares to our life in the real world.

Essay Topic 3

Da5id enters the story very sure of himself and full of himself. How do you think his attitude might change now that he has succumbed to a virus? How many ways does a major illness or virus change the life and lifestyle of those it affects? What are the worst factors, and how can we change things to overcome them?

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