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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?
(a) Sound waves.
(b) Brain waves.
(c) Memories.
(d) Synaptic lightning.

2. What adjective is used to describe the figures painted on the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Roman.
(b) Greek.
(c) Mythological.
(d) Biblical.

3. The narrator states that "it is worth noting" (36) which quality of Anders's experience?
(a) What he failed to remember.
(b) What he did not remember.
(c) What he neglected to remember.
(d) What he did remember.

4. During his youth, Anders had memorized poems with the goal of being able to "give himself" what "at will" (36)?
(a) Goosebumps.
(b) A thrill.
(c) The shivers.
(d) Goosepimples.

5. Once inside the brain, the bullet is said to come "under the mediation of" what kind of "time" (35)?
(a) White light time.
(b) Brain time.
(c) Death time.
(d) Heaven time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?

2. The one memory to which Anders is granted access in his final moments is a moment from what stage of his life?

3. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?

4. The man with the pistol asks Anders if he has what condition?

5. Athenian prisoners had been released from custody if they "could recite" (37) work by which artist?

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