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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fred tell Caroline is above the door of the National Archives in Washington?
(a) "The past is meaningless without the future."
(b) "The past is over."
(c) "The past is the ticket to the future."
(d) "The past is prologue."

2. Why does Eliot collect pictures from magazines for his clients?
(a) He is a horder.
(b) He gives them out as birthday gifts.
(c) He finds his clients find pictures comforting.
(d) He uses them for wallpaper.

3. What does McAllister propose as his "rather primitive idea" to Sylvia, Mushari, and the Senator?
(a) Sylvia talk Eliot into leaving with her to Paris.
(b) Sylvia and Eliot divorce in Mexico.
(c) SYlvia be given control of the Foundation.
(d) Sylvia and Eliot attempt reconciliation.

4. What piece of literature had Stewart's attorney included in his last letter to him?
(a) "A Rift in the Fabric of the Country."
(b) "A Rift Between Friends in the War of Ideas."
(c) "A Treatise on the Worthiness of Free Enterprise."
(d) "A Treatise on the Science of Eternal Life."

5. What do men Fred insures believe is their only get-rich scheme?
(a) To insure themselves and die young.
(b) To insure their homes and set them on fire.
(c) To insure their businesses then go bankrupt.
(d) To insure their wives and hope they die first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fred Rosewater have coffee and Danish each morning?

2. When Eliot leads his platoon into the smoke-filled building, what happens?

3. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?

4. When Eliot calls Sylvia from Indiana, what does he say is the one remaining independent business in the town?

5. What does Delbert tell Eliot he is thinking about Eliot's trip to Indianapolis?

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