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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. From which of the following does Anwar receive an unexpected phone call?
2. The phrase “Embarrassingly, excruciatingly, the panic attack you’ve been bottling up washes over you like a drenching cold ocean breaker” (274) offers an example of which of the following?
3. In which of the following cities does Dorothy report, falsely, that Julian is?
4. Which of the following is noted as Crolla’s cause of death?
5. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Anwar note for pitying his fellow inmates in Saughton (186)?
2. How does the Toymaker outfit himself for his date with Dorothy?
3. What reasons does MacDonald give for disinterest in creating artificial consciousness?
4. How does the Gnome characterize the economic scheme of Issyk-Kulistan?
5. What priorities does the Toymaker note having after his date and assignation with Dorothy?
6. What factors are noted in the decline of higher education prior to the novel?
7. What reasons does the Toymaker note for determining to research steak consumption in Scotland?
8. What warnings does MacDonald tacitly offer Liz and Kemal about ATHENA?
9. What preparations does Dorothy make in her hotel room against a possible teleconference (272)?
10. What reason does Liz note that a social engineering program aimed at reducing drinking in pubs failed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At more than one point in the novel, the comment is made about ethics being “not just a country next door to Sussex”; it is noted as being a poor joke. Explicate the joke; what reference is being made, who would understand it, and why would that audience find it humorous?
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
Liz notes that, in her childhood, “Is she a lesbo? was about the second worst thing they could say about anyone” (51). What might be the worst thing they could say? What in the novel supports that assertion? How does it do so?
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