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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. How often does Joseph say he uses his computer?

2. What is the name of Joseph's ex-wife?

3. What is the name of Joanne's ex-husband?

4. What does Joanne say Francis behaved like in reality?

5. What does Astrakhan claim is a sexual experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Astrakhan say he feels when he discovers an entryway?

2. How do Joseph and Joanne make up?

3. Why does Joseph think they should both quit their jobs?

4. Why does Astrakhan say he first wrote the short story?

5. What does Astrakhan say about people's lives at the end of the fourth scene?

6. What reason does Joanne give for marrying Francis?

7. Why does Astrakhan say he went to New York?

8. What does Astrakhan say he saw when he used Joseph's bathroom?

9. What does Astrakhan say about sniffer programs?

10. What does the telephone call Joseph makes reveal about his situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events in Astrakhan's early life influenced his decision to become a computer hacker? How different would Astrakhan's life have been if he was from a more supportive family?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters Joseph and Astrakhan.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas about life different?

3. How do their differences prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the construction of Kopit's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Kopit's argument?

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