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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 does Richard attempt to do as he settles in to his new home?
(a) Listen to all the gossip around him.
(b) Get straight to work.
(c) Introduce himself to everyone.
(d) Fade into anonymity.

2. What was C.'s job?
(a) Programmer analyst.
(b) Student.
(c) Museum guard.
(d) Marketing executive.

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

4. What draws Richard to Philip Lentz's office?
(a) He hears John Donne's poetry.
(b) Loud conversation.
(c) Mozart music.
(d) Groaning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?

3. What is the connection in the articles Philip Lentz gives Richard?

4. What was Richard's job when he lived with C.?

5. Who is Ram Gupta?

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