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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II (pages 31-64.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Devising a plot for his next novel.
(b) Getting in touch with his editor.
(c) Remembering things.
(d) Getting paid.

2. What does Richard say was a mother's consolation prize?
(a) V's marriage.
(b) C's birth.
(c) E's emigration to the U.S.
(d) U's education.

3. Where was Richard before he moved back to the U.S.?
(a) Russia.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) England.
(d) China.

4. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?
(a) Phone calls to his friends.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) Lectures at the center.
(d) A local bar.

5. On what is Philip Lentz basing his project?
(a) The functions of the human mind.
(b) Evolutionary mechanisms of survival.
(c) Astronomical distances.
(d) Naturally-occurring architectural structures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard see Philip Lentz?

2. What does Richard attempt to do as he settles in to his new home?

3. Where does Richard draw the characters for his novels?

4. How does Richard refer to Philip Lentz in their second meeting?

5. Where is Richard taking a position?

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