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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Department of Factual Verification.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?
(a) A movie star.
(b) The co-worker of his dreams, Clara Tillinghast.
(c) The kind of girl who would not be in a place like that.
(d) His ex-wife Amanda.

2. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?
(a) A concert poster.
(b) A Wanted poster.
(c) A Missing Person poster.
(d) A kids' show poster.

3. In which department would the narrator rather be working?
(a) The Department of Factual Verification.
(b) The Fiction Department.
(c) The Grammar Department.
(d) The Department of Photography.

4. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?
(a) The Grammar Department.
(b) The Fiction Department.
(c) The Department of Factual Verification.
(d) The New Voices Department.

5. What is the narrator's nickname for cocaine?
(a) Powdered Sugar.
(b) Bolivian Marching Powder.
(c) Clubbing Powder.
(d) Damage Control.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the narrator's innocent advice perceived by his superiors at the magazine?

2. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?

3. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?

4. How does the narrator get the girl to dance with him longer after she's said she is tired?

5. Who is The Druid?

(see the answer key)

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