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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. At her new place of employment, who does Nell befriend?
2. After Hackworth awakens from his dreams and crawls through the tunnels, what does he find?
3. What sort of work does Nell want to do in Madame Ping's establishment?
4. When Carl Hollywood visits a teahouse in Shanghai, he writes a paper in an effort to contact whom?
5. Sitting in a teahouse, what does Carl Hollywood realize the Drummers are using to decipher codes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Three Girls Go Exploring," what is Gwendolyn's emotional state when she learns that Hackworth is not in any danger?
2. In "Nell's Life at Dovetail," why is Nell not allowed to live with the other girls at Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Graces?
3. 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?
4. In "Nell Goes to Madame Ping's Theatre," what brings Nell to the conclusion that the wall between reality and fiction is fragile?
5. In "Carl Hollywood's Activities at the Parnasse," why is Miranda so interested in the technical aspects of the Primer's interactive features?
6. In "Carl Hollywood Takes the Oath," why is he allowed to join the elite Atlantis phyle and gain acceptance from Lord Finkle-McGraw?
7. In "A New Friend," what does the red-headed woman explain to Nell and Harv about the activities of the citizens of Dovetail?
8. Part Two of the novel opens with what sort of bizarre ritual?
9. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?
10. In "Hackworth Awakes from a Dream," after waking from his dream of multiple sexual encounters and traveling back through the underwater tunnels, what clues does Hackworth find to indicate the passage of time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What warnings are given in "The Diamond Age" regarding our own ever-increasing reliance on technology? Which technological advances in the novel seem too fantastic to exist in the real world, and which seem plausible?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of wordplay in "The Diamond Age" to further his points and entertain the reader. Examples to consider include: Hackworth, who hacks; phyle, a filing system for citizens; and the Flea Circus, for counterfeiting with mites.
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