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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From the Primer, the Arrival of a Sinister Baron | Hackworth Departs from Shanghai | Nell and Harv at Large in the Leased Territories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she is first hired as a ractor, what commission rate must Miranda pay to Fred Epidermis?
(a) Sixty percent.
(b) Eighty percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

2. What modification does Judge Fang ask Hackworth to make to the Primer, against Hackworth's better judgment?
(a) Disable the Primer.
(b) Allow the Primer to be used by adults.
(c) Allow the Primer to be used by hundreds of thousands of Chinese children.
(d) Insert more Victorian teachings.

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. "The Diamond Age" is set in what era?
(a) The early twenty-second century.
(b) The early twenty-first century.
(c) The late twenty-first century.
(d) The late twenty-second century.

5. What are passives?
(a) High-tech movies.
(b) Harmless mites.
(c) Sedated activists.
(d) Old movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the banker explain to Bud the penalties for missing payments on a line of credit?

2. Judge Fang's prisoner, PhyrePhox, is accused of belonging to which criminal gang?

3. In the Primer, how does Miranda intervene in the story when she learns that Nell is in danger from her mother's new partner?

4. What are Thetes?

5. In what way is Miranda surprised regarding her role in the Princess Nell ractive?

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