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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33, Rainy-Day Laundry, Car Rental, Bob Dylan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Rudin.
(c) Spring Torrents.
(d) The Red and the Black.

2. What does the narrator buy while waiting for the clothes to dry?
(a) Four beers.
(b) Four videos.
(c) Four gateaux.
(d) Four cassettes.

3. How does the Professor explain the fact that the narrator was the only test subject that didn't die.
(a) He was the only one whose emotional powers were strong enough.
(b) He seemed to be dividing his time between two identities in the first place.
(c) He was the only one who dealt with his elephant factory consciously.
(d) He was the only Calcutec independent enough from the System.

4. Why does the Colonel say the narrator's love for the Librarian may not be prudent?
(a) Without mind, she cannot return his feelings.
(b) She does not care about him; she only helps him because she has to.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She is married.

5. What do Junior and Big Boy tell the narrator to tell the System they were looking for?
(a) The safe.
(b) The skull.
(c) The notebook.
(d) The data.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Professor say will happen in regards to the narrator's three cognitive circuits?

2. What do Junior and Big Boy do to the narrator, saying they have no choice?

3. What does the narrator say was his "training" for tuning in on a better life?

4. How many people are at the laundromat when the narrator arrives?

5. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help nurse him back to health?

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