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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hackworth Compiles the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer | Nell and Harv 's General Living Situation | Hackworth Crosses the Causeway Into Shanghai.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary technology in use in "The Diamond Age"?
(a) Artificial intelligence.
(b) Monotechnology.
(c) Nanotechnology.
(d) Computer networks.

2. What is the cloud that hangs over Atlantis/Shanghai?
(a) A constant source of rain and gloom.
(b) A dome that shields the area.
(c) Microscopic organisms that act as an immune system.
(d) Pollution.

3. The Causeway is a bridge connecting what two areas?
(a) The artificial island of Atlantis/Shanghai and the Leased Territories.
(b) The artificial island of the Leased Territories and the Pudong Economic Zone.
(c) The artificial island of Source Victoria and Atlantis/Shanghai.
(d) The artificial island of Atlantis/Shanghai and the Pudong Economic Zone.

4. How does the banker explain to Bud the penalties for missing payments on a line of credit?
(a) He explains that Bud's skull gun would be removed.
(b) He says Bud's credit card would self-destruct.
(c) He points to a group of prisoners assembling jewelry.
(d) He indicates a group of prisoners digging ditches.

5. What is Hackworth's code name for the Illustrated Primer project?
(a) Runcible.
(b) Bespoke.
(c) Primer.
(d) Thete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nell do with the matter compiler after her brother leaves the house?

2. What do Harv and Nell conclude about the small piece of cloth Harv found near the sea?

3. Who is the four-year-old daughter of Hackworth?

4. In "Nell Sees Something Peculiar", why is everything covered in black dust?

5. What does Demetrius Cotton give to Hackworth when he arrives at work?

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