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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. Who is one of Bix's wife's good friends in college?

2. What is Miles's reaction to seeing Sasha's art from the air?

3. Why does Miles eventually have a falling out with his high school best friend?

4. Who is the Kline sisters' only brother?

5. What does Alfred have an extreme intolerance of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bix Bouton known for?

2. What is Lana's and Melora's relationship with their father like?

3. Why does Bix Bouton go to a session with professors and students in disguise?

4. What does Drew think of Miles at first?

5. What is the crisis at Harvest that shocks everyone?

6. How does Lincoln experience the world?

7. What episode from his youth hanuts Bix Bouton?

8. How does Miranda Kline form her famous hypotheses and algorithms?

9. What does Charlie use the Collective Consciousness for?

10. What does Lincoln do for a living and what is the function of this job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Bix's original vision for the promise of the internet, and how has that played out by the time the reader meets him early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What leads to Chris Salazar's epiphany and intention to work against the influence of Mandala and the Collective Consciousness? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do people choose to "elude" and employ "proxies," and what do you think is Egan's purpose in introducing these concepts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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