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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. In the Primer, how does Princess Nell become the Duchess of Turing?
2. At her new place of employment, who does Nell befriend?
3. After being released from his dream-like prison, what does Hackworth realize about the Drummers?
4. After being released from his dream-like prison, Hackworth learns that he has lost what?
5. In the Primer, what do Princess Nell and her friends do in the castle of King Magpie?
Short Essay Questions
1. "From the Primer, Princess Nell's Ride to the Castle of King Coyote" contains what fantastical event that foreshadows future happenings in the novel?
2. Part Two of the novel opens with what sort of bizarre ritual?
3. What are the three Graces taught at the Academy, and which Grace gives the students the most trouble?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. In "Nell's Life at Dovetail," why is Nell not allowed to live with the other girls at Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Graces?
7. In "The Hackworths Have a Family Reunion," at the end of the tense meeting between Hackworth and Gwendolyn, what important event occurs?
8. In "Orphans of the Han...," what does Judge Fang observe when he gives a young Han girl a copy of the Primer?
9. In "Hackworth Receives an Ambiguous Message," after Hackworth finds a message telling him to seek the Alchemist, what unusual event occurs?
10. In "Nell's Passage Through Pudong," when Nell seeks employment at the brothel of Madame Ping, what sort of service does she hope to perform?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways do the social and environmental issues described in "The Diamond Age" mirror our own?
Essay Topic 2
Give several examples of foreshadowing in "The Diamond Age". Discuss how the author uses that foreshadowing to advance the plot and increase the reader's understanding of the issues at hand.
Essay Topic 3
What are the three Graces, as taught at Miss Matheson's Academy of the Three Graces? Why are the three Graces important? Why is the teaching of one particular Grace so difficult and contrary to its name?
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