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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Harv Brings Nell a Present | Nell's First Experience with the Primer | A Young Hooligan before the Court of Judge Fang.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the function of Source Victoria?
(a) Maintaining Victorian values.
(b) Filtering dirty sea water and polluted air.
(c) Artificial intelligence.
(d) Computer networking.

2. What do Harv and Nell conclude about the small piece of cloth Harv found near the sea?
(a) The woven threads must contain a secret code.
(b) The woven threads must be the remains of a sea creature.
(c) The woven threads are too complicated to be human-made.
(d) The woven threads are too complicated to be made by mites.

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

4. What does Harv decide to produce for his sister, Nell, on the matter compiler?
(a) A recycler.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A book.
(d) A new mattress.

5. 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 remotely executed, without warning, by the explosion of microscopic bombs running through his blood.
(d) He is executed by skull gun.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what company does Hackworth work?

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