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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VII (pages 181-210).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Remembering things.
(b) Devising a plot for his next novel.
(c) Getting in touch with his editor.
(d) Getting paid.

2. What causes Richard to come home in tears?
(a) Sadness over the imminent breakup with C.
(b) Desire for marriage with C.
(c) Frustration with the Dutch language.
(d) Nostalgia for the U.S.

3. What did Richard say he got from C.?
(a) Money.
(b) Emotional support.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Material for his novels.

4. What is Richard worried about after his lunch with Philip Lentz and the others?
(a) Science stagnating.
(b) Economic collapse.
(c) Imminent political instability.
(d) His project failing.

5. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?
(a) Phone calls to his friends.
(b) Lectures at the center.
(c) A local bar.
(d) The supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen conclude from reading William Blake's 'Poison Tree'?

2. Who is Diana?

3. Who does Philip Lentz call in to watch his experiment with implementation B?

4. What is implementation A?

5. What does Richard attend in Section VII?

(see the answer key)

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