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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Wobble in the Cemetery of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophical idea does Tycho discuss with Angela?
(a) That truth is only an idea.
(b) That the earth revolves around the sun.
(c) That the world is symmetrical.
(d) That the world is only an idea.

2. Tycho counts the hours until _____.
(a) He will see Angela again.
(b) He has to go to school.
(c) He has to go to work.
(d) He can leave home for good.

3. When Angela asks her mother to tell her how her parents met, her mother says it was ____.
(a) An accident.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Like a fairy tale.
(d) Like a movie.

4. According to Tycho, what property does truth have?
(a) Truth is impossible.
(b) Truth hurts.
(c) Truth wobbles.
(d) Truth is the opposite of imagination.

5. Angela's boyfriend's name is ____.
(a) Tycho.
(b) Robert.
(c) Robin.
(d) Ted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela's mother says she couldn't stay with Angela's father because ____.

2. Which is the eldest of the siblings in Tycho's family?

3. How do Richard and Tycho describe Africa?

4. Richard goads Tycho about the quote, "Nothing exists but atoms and the void," saying he is ____.

5. What philosopher does Tycho mention in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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