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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. Where does Y.T. see Raven?

2. How many nude women hold scrolls when the bomb is deployed?

3. Who does Hiro find in the Metaverse?

4. Pairs of Russians run past Hiro towards ______________________.

5. What remained dormant inside of humans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some possible reasons for Hiro's discomfort in the knowledge that Y.T. and Raven slept together?

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

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

4. Why would the appearance of Raven be a welcome distraction to Y.T.?

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

6. Who wins the fight between Raven and Uncle Enzo?

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

8. Why do you think Fisheye is more concerned about what Uncle Enzo will think more than his own life?

9. What is a possible reason Hiro would take the inflatable dinghy to navigate the waters around the Raft rather than the powered boat?

10. How does Hiro release the Nam-Shub of Enki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Snow Crash is referred to as three different things. What are they and how do they differ? In what way are they the same? For each of them, find a real life equivalent. Compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

Think about the Raft gargoyles. What do you think would inspire someone without Juanita's motivations to mutilate themselves in such a fashion? If you think nothing could, speculate on how the multitudes of wireheads came to be.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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