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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. Hackworth and Lord Finkle-McGraw communicate easily because they are both members of what?
(a) Equity.
(b) The Ashantis.
(c) Royalty.
(d) The same phyle.

2. What is the fate of Bud, following his trial for mugging and wounding a man?
(a) He is shrink-wrapped and sent to prison.
(b) He is found innocent of all charges.
(c) He is executed by skull gun.
(d) He is remotely executed, without warning, by the explosion of microscopic bombs running through his blood.

3. What does Demetrius Cotton give to Hackworth when he arrives at work?
(a) A book.
(b) Money.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A plan for a power supply.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Atlantis/Shanghai is protected by a grid of what?

2. What does Harv do when he returns to see what Nell has done with the matter compiler?

3. In "Hackworth's Morning Ruminations," what happens to ensure that Hackworth cannot change his mind about carrying out his secret plan?

4. In what way is the bridge an example of die-hard habits on the part of architects?

5. What are Thetes?

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