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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose face does the narrator claim he sees his own turning into in the mirror in Chapter 1?
(a) Aurthur Miller's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His brother's.
(d) His mother's.

2. Who is credited with the first quote in the book, which begins, "We are never intimately conscious of anything but a particular perception"?
(a) Luke Skywalker.
(b) David Deutsch.
(c) Arthur Miller.
(d) David Hume.

3. About what age is Charles in the narrative?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 31.
(d) 20.

4. Charles describes his job as part of what industry in Chapter 8?
(a) "The pain and crying industry."
(b) "The terrible memories industry."
(c) "The self-consciousness industry."
(d) "The what went wrong industry."

5. In Chapter 9, the narrator returns in memory to his youth, when he watched his father make sketches of what?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Landscapes.
(c) Alternate universes.
(d) Various animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Time does not flow. Other times are just special cases of other universes"?

2. In Chapter 9, Charles claims to have had a one-night stand with a human-like creature once, but he has even given up coin-operated ____ because they're not much fun.

3. In Chapter 4, the protagonist says Universe 31 can be what at night when it is aglow and everyone is awake?

4. What does Phil start to do before he crashes in Chapter 7?

5. What is the name of Charles's dog?

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