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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the video that Judge Fang views of a recent robbery, what was the robbers' mode of transportation?
(a) They drove an old car.
(b) They ran.
(c) They rode high-tech bicycles.
(d) They skated on nanoskates.

2. In the torture chanber, PhyrePhox admits that his organization's ship carries what cargo?
(a) Women and children rescued from inland China.
(b) Women and children rescued from Atlantis/Shanghai.
(c) Skull guns and other contraband.
(d) Women and children to be used in human trading.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Judge Fang decide to leave the Primer with Nell even though it is stolen property?

2. "The Diamond Age" is set in what era?

3. The Causeway is a bridge connecting what two areas?

4. When Harv brings a stolen Primer to Nell, why does she throw it on the floor?

5. Nell learns how to light a fire while reading what story in the Primer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the birthday party of Princess Charlotte in "A Visit from Royalty," and explain how it further describes one aspect of nanotechnology.

2. In "Judge Fang Pays a Visit to the Celestial Kingdom," why is the conversation between Judge Fang and Dr. X vague and inconcrete?

3. In "Hackworth's Dilemma," what is Hackworth's dilemma?

4. As explained in "Hackworth in the Hong of Dr. X," why does Dr. X have such an unusual name, and what is his profession?

5. In "Mysterious Souvenir from Dr. X," what amazing device does Hackworth receive when he inserts a card into a matter compiler?

6. When Bud visits the Peacock Bank in "Financial Complications of Bud's Lifestyle," what does he learn about credit and how defaults are handled?

7. In "From the Primer, the Arrival of a Sinister Baron," when Nell and Harv are abused by their mother's newest lover, Burt, how do both Nell and Miranda use the Primer to help Nell?

8. Describe the adventures and misadventures of Harv and Nell with the matter compiler in "Nell Learns to Work the Matter Compiler," with regard to making mattresses.

9. In "More Tales from the Primer," what is the significance of the story of Belle, Dojo, and Dinosaur?

10. In "Bud Is Prosecuted," how does the trial and sentencing of Bud illuminate the Confucian system of justice that Judge Fang follows?

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