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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. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?
2. Which of the following does the Toymaker note attracts the attention of potential muggers?
3. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
4. The comment that “it’s not so cosy now that the outside world has smashed the window and climbed in, ransacked the drawers, and stirred everything around” (186) offers an example of which of the following?
5. In the novel, the acronym TMPJ carries which of the following meanings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Liz note that a social engineering program aimed at reducing drinking in pubs failed?
2. What reasons does Anwar give for calling Datka?
3. To what does MacDonald note his former associate compared ATHENA?
4. What reasons does MacDonald give for disinterest in creating artificial consciousness?
5. What reasons does Kemal give for labeling MacDonald a coward?
6. What priorities does the Toymaker note having after his date and assignation with Dorothy?
7. How does Liz characterize “the besetting cognitive error of any senior officer confronted by too much data” (217)?
8. How does Liz compare her police work to priesthood?
9. What warnings does MacDonald tacitly offer Liz and Kemal about ATHENA?
10. What reason does Dorothy give for avoiding a weekday assignation with Liz (272)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What is to be made of the parallels in phrasing between Liz and the Toymaker in the ninth and tenth chapter (both remark that “Once is happenstance, but twice is enemy action” and that “Someone’s going to bleed for this. And it’s not going to be you”)? How does that significance emerge?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of Kemal’s smoking? How does it manifest?
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