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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the Primer, why does Princess Nell return to the Dark Castle after outwitting King Coyote?
2. After leaving Dr. X to travel to Shanghai, who does Hackworth find himself riding with?
3. After Hackworth awakens from his dreams and crawls through the tunnels, what does he find?
4. Who does Carl Hollywood manage to remotely trick while sitting in a teahouse in Shanghai?
5. For what purpose does Constable Moore use mediatrons?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Carl Hollywood Returns from Abroad," when Miranda admits to Carl Hollywood that she thinks of Nell as a daughter, what reaction does Carl Hollywood have?
2. In "Miranda Receives an Unusual Ractive Message," what scheme does she enter into?
3. In "Hackworth Receives an Ambiguous Message," after Hackworth finds a message telling him to seek the Alchemist, what unusual event occurs?
4. In "Carl Hollywood Returns to Shanghai," what is the significance of his efforts to connect Miranda to the other information he has gathered?
5. In "Hackworth in China," what does Dr. X see as the destruction of Chinese society in the novel?
6. "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Ride to the Castle of King Coyote" contains what fantastical event that foreshadows future happenings in the novel?
7. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Activities as Duchess of Turing," how does Princess Nell become the Duchess of Turing?
8. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?
9. In "Carl Hollywood's Hack," how do Carl Hollywood's activities in a teahouse begin to tie together the various main characters and plots in the novel?
10. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Enters into the Lands of King Coyote," how does Princess Nell lose her last two remaining magical friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the motives of Lord Finkle-McGraw and Hackworth in working to procure Primers for the little girls they love.
Essay Topic 2
The author uses performances throughout the novel to propel the action, including ractor interactions in the Primer, theatrical plays, passives, actives, mediatrons, trance-like rituals, and scripted brothel fantasies. Discuss the author's use of drama within drama to forward the plot of "The Diamond Age".
Essay Topic 3
What is the primary theme of "The Diamond Age"? Is the author more of a Confucian or Victorian at heart? What lesson would Neal Stephenson wish readers to take with them after reading his work?
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