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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 is the name of Miranda's book?

2. What did Alfred do as a child that caused a stir at family dinners?

3. Who does Miles end up playing tennis with regularly?

4. Where do Melora and Lana go to college?

5. Who approaches Alfred about his ideas in 2010?

Short Essay Questions

1. What topic is Alfred Hollander obsessed with?

2. What is Bix Bouton known for?

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

4. How does Miles's relationship with Drew change over the course of Part II?

5. What breaks Lincoln's heart in Part II?

6. What causes Miles Hollander's falling-out with Jack Stevens?

7. Why is Rebecca so wary of Bix after the meeting they attend together?

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

9. Why did Alfred once love Jack Stevens so much?

10. What does Drew think of Miles at first?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does new tech and the development of internet culture change the music and other creative industries, according to Egan in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Melora suggest that Lana and Miranda have chosen to be "eluders," and how does she ultimately feel about the total loss of her sister and mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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