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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. There are twenty orange trees in the cathedral courtyard that are famous for ____________________________________.

2. When Fontaine viewed the crypto dome from his window, he thought _________________________-.

3. Why don't they type in the saying as the pass key code?

4. After leaving Santa Cruz, Becker moved with the crowd to __________________.

5. What does Susan find next to Hale's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hale say that his plans for Digital Fortress are?

2. Why did Fontaine send his own team to Spain?

3. Soshi announces that she has found orphans in the program. What are orphans?

4. Explain why Hulohot was wrong in thinking that Becker had no way out of the viewing platform area.

5. How does Fontaine respond to the problem with the crypto dome?

6. Why is Susan surprised at the suicide note, supposedly written by Hale?

7. What does the group decide to focus on from Tankado's message?

8. What does Susan learn from Swathmore's pager?

9. How does Susan view the orphans?

10. Using the Internet for a reference, what do they finally decide to use?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg Hale is in Crypto on the Saturday when TRANSLTR is trying to break the Digital Fortress code. All cryptologists are urged to not work on Saturdays. Why is this so? Do you think Hale's presence was planned or just coincidence?

Essay Topic 2

What is an anonymous server? What are the benefits of an anonymous server? Under what circumstances would people want to use one and why?

Essay Topic 3

The Digital Fortress is a suspense novel. Discuss the level of suspense in the novel. Is it at the proper level? Did you feel that you couldn't put the book down because you have to know what happened next? Is this the way it should be? What is the role of suspense?

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