Ready Player One Final Test

The BEST answer for what the original inciting force for "Ready Player One" is (found on page 2) is that...

• James Halliday had no heirs in which his billions would be doled out to after his death.

• James Halliday died a sixty-seven year old bachelor.

• James Halliday had no friends.

• James Halliday went completely insane.

How does the term, “escrow” contribute to the meaning of Hallidays, “Dead Man’s Party,” message found on page 4?

• The term lets the reader know that anyone who broke the condition of the terms of his video game would be sued.

• The term lets the reader know that Halliday’s fortune would be available only to the first individual who found the Easter Egg.

• The term lets the reader know that Halliday’s fortune would be available only to his heirs (family members).

• The term lets the reader know that Halliday’s vault doors would be locked for at least five years after his death.

What is the purpose of the verse Halliday recites on page 6 in the Dead Man’s Party?

• To announce the hunt for the Halliday Easter Egg to Begin.

• To give OASIS players’ clues as to where his inheritance can be found.

• To give clues as to where the Easter Egg that will make one lucky player the heir to Halliday’s billion dollar fortune.

• To be used as a code that will unlock secret doors that can be found in OASIS.

What did Art3mis do to keep Wade from leaving the tomb?

• Tackle him on his way out

• Collapsed the tomb's door

• Lock his avatar into position

• Cast a Barrier Spell

What does life seem to be like for people in The Stacks?

• As peaceful as a bach by the beach. Everyone lives in safety and comfort, with an abundance of resources for all.

• Pretty much how life is today in downtown Auckland: tall apartments and shiny glass office towers, but some people in sleeping bags down at ground level.

• Technology is more advanced, making everyone's life better.

• Life seems to have gone downhill. There is overpopulation, an energy crisis and violence when there were shortages of wi-fi and high-fructose corn syrup.

Wade’s Player One Generation had never known a world without the OASIS as Generation Z (those born after 1995) have never known a world without...

• Internet

• Cell phones

• Electric cars

• Genetically Cloned Super-soldiers

• Virtual Reality

What's the name of Wade's neighbourhood?

• The Slacks

• The Towers

• The Stacks

• The Piles

In this setting, corporations have all the power, and the people are poor, unsafe, and hungry, what does this tell us about the director's PURPOSE?

• It's a WARNING about the what could happen if people allow corporations to have too much power

• It's an ADVERTISEMENT for how good life can be (the OASIS is pretty sweet, right?)

• It's PERSUADING us to abandon democracy and let corporations rule us

• It is INFORMATIONAL. Like, this was a documentary, right? A future documentary. No, wait... that can't be right....

The "baddies" corporation was called IOI, which is short for:

• Innovative Online Industries

• Interesting Ocular Investments

• Intrinsic Optometry Indicators

• I'm Outof Ideas

What was Wade's secret hiding place, where he hid his rig and visited the OASIS?

• A trailer-home high up in the stacks

• A library

• A secret room in the sewer, underground

• A van in a junked car yard