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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eliot meet Sylvia?
(a) She works for the Rosewater Corporation.
(b) She works for the Rosewater Foundation.
(c) Her father introduces them.
(d) They meet in a bar in Paris.

2. What did Fred's father write and leave to him before dying?
(a) A will.
(b) A suicide letter.
(c) A family history.
(d) A note of apology to the family.

3. Who does Lila find asleep on the couch in the study every day when she comes home?
(a) Her father, Harry Pena.
(b) Her father George Rosewater.
(c) Her father, Fred Rosewater.
(d) Her father, Stewart Buntline.

4. What do Harry and his sons trap in their fishing nets while Amanita and Caroline have lunch?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Mackerel.
(d) Swordfish.

5. What happens at the opening of the opera Aida attended by Eliot and Sylvia?
(a) Eliot leaps off the balcony into the crowd.
(b) Eliot cries inconsolably at the end of the opera.
(c) Eliot calls out to the singers in the middle of the opera.
(d) Eliot goes to the restroom and does not return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fred tell Caroline is above the door of the National Archives in Washington?

2. What is in the letter that is to be given to the next president of the Foundation from the current president?

3. What does Eliot talk about, to people idling in front of a fire station, that later gets him arrested?

4. What is the original plan for the canal?

5. In his first letter to Sylvia, what does Eliot say he has in common with the person he compares himself to ?

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