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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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....

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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