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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. At what school does Lord Finkle-McGraw arrange for Nell to study?
2. After learning from Lord Finkle-McGraw that Hackworth is safe, what does Gwendolyn decide to do?
3. When Miranda and Carl Hollywood meet in a restaurant, what do they discuss?
4. When a grown-up Nell visits Harv in the Leased Territories, what does he ask her to do?
5. Dr. X tells Hackworth that his years with the Drummers served what purpose?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Crosses the Trail of the Enigmatic Mouse Army," when grown-up Nell visits her ailing brother, Harv, what message does he share with her?
2. When Nell is called to Mrs. Matheson's deathbed in "From the Primer, a Visit to Castle Turing," what does the woman say to Nell that seems to foreshadow future events?
3. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell Enters into the Lands of King Coyote," how does Princess Nell lose her last two remaining magical friends?
4. In "Nell Goes to Madame Ping's Theatre," what brings Nell to the conclusion that the wall between reality and fiction is fragile?
5. In "Hackworth Receives an Ambiguous Message," after Hackworth finds a message telling him to seek the Alchemist, what unusual event occurs?
6. In "Three Girls Go Exploring," what is Gwendolyn's emotional state when she learns that Hackworth is not in any danger?
7. In "Hackworth Is Brought Up-to-Date by the Great Napier," what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers' activities?
8. In "Carl Hollywood's Hack," how do Carl Hollywood's activities in a teahouse begin to tie together the various main characters and plots in the novel?
9. In "Carl Hollywood Takes the Oath," why is he allowed to join the elite Atlantis phyle and gain acceptance from Lord Finkle-McGraw?
10. In "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Activities as Duchess of Turing," how does Princess Nell become the Duchess of Turing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the primary lesson taught to Princess Nell (and real-life Nell) by each of the four magical friends: Dinosaur, Peter Rabbit, Duck, and Purple?
Essay Topic 2
The author uses performances throughout the novel to propel the action, including ractor interactions in the Primer, theatrical plays, passives, actives, mediatrons, trance-like rituals, and scripted brothel fantasies. Discuss the author's use of drama within drama to forward the plot of "The Diamond Age".
Essay Topic 3
Describe several ways in which Nell's Primer gives her the parental love, guidance, and protection that Nell never received from her real mother.
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