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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. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) Amanda Sykes.
(b) John Donlevy.
(c) Marianne Miller.
(d) Steven Paul.

2. Is the narrator depressed about his current situation?
(a) It is unclear in the text.
(b) Yes, he is in a pattern he cannot break.
(c) Maybe, he is entirely indecisive.
(d) No, he loves his lifestyle.

3. How does the narrator get the girl to dance with him longer after she's said she is tired?
(a) He threatens her with bodily harm.
(b) He offers her drugs which she gladly takes.
(c) He gives her a rose and tells her she is beautiful.
(d) He pays the DJ to play better songs.

4. Who is The Druid?
(a) He is the fourth man to head the company.
(b) He is the narrator's direct superior, nicknamed Clingfast.
(c) He is an often-encountered man on the subway.
(d) He is a ghost of a man who has been working on an article for seven years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the homeless person do on the narrator's train ride to work?

2. What is Tad Allagash's main goal in life?

3. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?

4. What memo, signed by the Druid's assistant, arrives in the afternoon?

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

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