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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Tensional Forces - Chapter 13: A Model World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sebastian's father doing in the only photograph of him that Sebastian has ever seen?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Spring peanut butter on bread.
(c) Lying in bed.
(d) Doing a somersault.

2. When Nana finally explains the reason why she believes they cannot stay open for tourists after her stroke, what does she say is the reason?
(a) The heating bill has risen too high.
(b) The city has revoked their permits to operate a business.
(c) Sebestian does not have the necessary aptitude for teaching.
(d) She is moving to Chile.

3. What item does Nana name as Sebastian's sales quota for the day the Whitcombs arrive?
(a) A framed photograph of their unique home.
(b) A map of their unique home.
(c) A glow-in-the-dark replica of their unique home.
(d) A painting of their unique home.

4. What is NOT one reason the Greater Intellect cites when it tells Buckminster Fuller that he should not commit suicide?
(a) He does not have the right to kill himself.
(b) He is important to the universe.
(c) He is too strong a swimmer to drown himself.
(d) He would be hurting others.

5. What kind of plan does Sebastian tell Jared he has when he sends an email accepting Jared's offer to a position in Jared's band?
(a) Naive.
(b) Foolproof.
(c) Sensible.
(d) Great.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of shape composes Sebastian and Nana's geodesic dome?

2. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles says, "I will forge my journey" in a particular way "to keep accepting and totally boneheaded notions from blinding me to truth" (7). What is that the particular way the principle says one's journey should be forged?

3. What emotion does Sebastian finally realize he has been feeling in the cramped area beneath his ribs?

4. In Buckminster Fuller's most famous quote about religion, what had he said about God?

5. What vision does Nana have when she is attuned to the signals of a Greater Intellect?

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