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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 the end of the novel, how does Nell rescue Miranda from the Drummers?
2. When Carl Hollywood returns to Shanghai for the first time in years, how is he dressed?
3. At the Cathay Hotel, what do Carl Hollywood's friends propose to Miranda?
4. After leaving Dr. X to travel to Shanghai, who does Hackworth find himself riding with?
5. Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw after joining which phyle?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. In "Carl Hollywood Takes the Oath," why is he allowed to join the elite Atlantis phyle and gain acceptance from Lord Finkle-McGraw?
4. In the final scene of the novel when Nell rescues Miranda from the Drummers, how are various subplots tied together into one cohesive whole?
5. In "Miranda Receives an Unusual Ractive Message," what scheme does she enter into?
6. In "Hackworth Awakes from a Dream," after waking from his dream of multiple sexual encounters and traveling back through the underwater tunnels, what clues does Hackworth find to indicate the passage of time?
7. In "Carl Hollywood Returns to Shanghai," what is the significance of his efforts to connect Miranda to the other information he has gathered?
8. What are the three Graces taught at the Academy, and which Grace gives the students the most trouble?
9. In "Carl Hollywood Returns from Abroad," when Miranda admits to Carl Hollywood that she thinks of Nell as a daughter, what reaction does Carl Hollywood have?
10. In "Peculiar Practices in the Woods," what does Hackworth explain to his daughter regarding the activities of CryptNet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What warnings are given in "The Diamond Age" regarding our own ever-increasing reliance on technology? Which technological advances in the novel seem too fantastic to exist in the real world, and which seem plausible?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways do the social and environmental issues described in "The Diamond Age" mirror our own?
Essay Topic 3
In "The Diamond Age", Confucianism is portrayed as a philosophy involving decentralization and democracy, while Neo-Victorianism is portrayed as a philosophy involving centralized control and a hierarchy of status. Compare and contrast these two philosophies.
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