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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eliot calls Sylvia from Indiana, what does he say is the one remaining independent business in the town?
(a) F.W. Woolworth's.
(b) NIght-crawlers.
(c) Roman taffy factory.
(d) Carp bones.

2. How does Eliot's father react when he hears of Eliot's drunken behavior?
(a) He tells Sylvia to take Eliot to Europe for six weeks.
(b) He goes on a tyrade and accuses Eliot of ruining his career.
(c) He refuses to worry, stating "Eliot's got fiber, he's got spine."
(d) He demands that Eliot check into a hospital.

3. According to Mushari's favorite law professor, what should every good lawyer look for?
(a) Another lawyer on the same side.
(b) A client with an axe to grind.
(c) A woman with a rich dead husband.
(d) The moment when money trades hands.

4. To whom does Eliot compare himself in the first letter he sends to Sylvia?
(a) Caesar Augustus.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) His father.
(d) A volunteer fire fighter.

5. What meeting does Eliot attend in Milford, Pennsylvania?
(a) An AA meeting.
(b) A Foundation meeting.
(c) A revival.
(d) A science fiction convention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mushari do with the letter he finds in McAllister's files concerning the president of the Foundation?

2. In the first sentence of the novel, what is identified as a leading character in the story?

3. What does Eliot call Sylvia in his letter to her from Iowa?

4. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"

5. In the first sixteen years of the Foundation, how much money is spent?

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