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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. After leaving Dr. X to travel to Shanghai, who does Hackworth find himself riding with?
2. As Nell nears the end of the Primer, what does she wonder?
3. After Nell reads in the Primer that Princess Nell is not really of royal descent, what happens to Nell?
4. What are the three important principles taught in the Academy?
5. What does Gwendolyn reveal to Hackworth regarding their divorce contract?
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 "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?
3. In "Nell Goes to Madame Ping's Theatre," what brings Nell to the conclusion that the wall between reality and fiction is fragile?
4. In "Miranda Receives an Unusual Ractive Message," what scheme does she enter into?
5. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?
6. Part Two of the novel opens with what sort of bizarre ritual?
7. In "Hackworth Is Brought Up-to-Date by the Great Napier," what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers' activities?
8. In "Orphans of the Han...," what does Judge Fang observe when he gives a young Han girl a copy of the Primer?
9. When Nell is called to Mrs. Matheson's deathbed in "From the Primer, a Visit to Castle Turing," what does the woman say to Nell that seems to foreshadow future events?
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
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 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
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?
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