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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. Near the end of the novel, Carl Hollywood receives a message from the government asking him to do what?
2. How does Nell protect herself from what the Drummers have implanted in everyone's blood?
3. When Hackworth leaves his ex-wife and daughter, what does his daughter do?
4. After being released from his dream-like prison, what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers?
5. When Hackworth goes to Seattle to see his ex-wife, how do the two communicate?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In "Final Onslaught of the Fists," what message does Carl Hollywood receive from the government, and how does he carry out that request?
3. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Activities as Duchess of Turing," how does Princess Nell become the Duchess of Turing?
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 "Orphans of the Han...," what does Judge Fang observe when he gives a young Han girl a copy of the Primer?
6. In "Hackworth in China," what does Dr. X see as the destruction of Chinese society in the novel?
7. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?
8. 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?
9. In "Carl Hollywood Takes the Oath," why is he allowed to join the elite Atlantis phyle and gain acceptance from Lord Finkle-McGraw?
10. In "The Hackworths in Transit, and in London," what surreal event do Hackworth and Fiona encounter on a barge, and how do their lives change as a result?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the end of the novel when Carl Hollywood, Miranda, Nell, and Nell's army come together in the Drummers' hideout. Does the conclusion flow well from the chain of events and foreshadowing throughout the novel? Is the conclusion satisfying, when the ultimate result of the revolution is left unspoken? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In "The Diamond Age", Confucianism is portrayed as a philosophy involving decentralization and democracy, while Neo-Victorianism is portrayed as a philosophy involving centralized control and a hierarchy of status. Compare and contrast these two philosophies.
Essay Topic 3
In what ways do the social and environmental issues described in "The Diamond Age" mirror our own?
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