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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. The comment that “You can see the key turning in the lock behind his petrified eyes” (152) offers an example of which of the following?
2. The comment that it would be better to replace operations “than to try to nurse the emphysemic mafia hold-over out of its intensive care bed and back into a wheelchair” (73) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
4. The phrase “the latest scuttlebutt about Dickie’s dastardly deviant’s demise” (47) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problems does Liz note in preparing for her first in-novel meeting with Dorothy?
2. What reasons does Liz cite for having been working the control center instead of supervising the Rule 34 unit (4)?
3. What reasons does the Toymaker give for avoiding travel by plane?
4. What information does Anwar note comes in the bulletins from Issyk-Kulistan?
5. What reasons does Christie give for avoiding his medications?
6. What does Liz note had been the crime or crimes leading to Blair’s arrest?
7. What is the Morningside Cannibals case in the novel?
8. What reasons does Jackson give for authorities disliking private fabricators (30-31)?
9. What materials does Anwar note receiving to commence his consular duties?
10. What reasons does Liz give for preferring work life to life at home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the appropriateness of the Gnome’s sobriquet.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, higher education comes under censure. What is to be made of the pattern? How is it to be understood? What in the novel suggests as much, and how?
Essay Topic 3
Who, ultimately, is the protagonist of Rule 34? How do you know?
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