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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 which suite are Sadie and Sam booked on a promotion tour?

2. What is the name of the local paper?

3. On which street in New York did Sam once live?

4. From what state do the Worths hail?

5. What does Sadie name her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sadie assert there should be marriages in Mapleworld?

2. What scene confronts Sam when he returns to his office after the shooting?

3. Why does Marx opine that he, rather than Sadie, should have a problem with marriage?

4. How does the novel define the term NPC?

5. What addition to Mapleworld does Sam make for Pioneers?

6. What initially prompted Marx to attend to Sam?

7. What sadness does Marx purpose to express (284)?

8. What joke does Marx make about the title of his memoir?

9. What is Sam’s method for avoiding the appearance of disability?

10. Why does Ant express a preference for working on digital worlds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The work of one poet pervades the novel. Explicate the significance of that poet to Zevin’s text.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the offers to pick up the first game Sadie and Sam design. Which, ultimately, is better? Why, per the novel and experience?

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