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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: p. 17-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain did Eric plan to climb later that summer?
(a) Eiger.
(b) Matterhorn.
(c) Nadelhorn.
(d) Elbrus.

2. What does Nicholas say that he had to fly across to retrieve Eric's body?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Europe.
(c) The United States.
(d) Mountains.

3. How old was Eric when he asked Nicholas how "we know there's God?"
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. What did Eric give up because it did not fit his plans?
(a) Painting.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Illustrating.
(d) Potting.

5. Who had just left on a plane to see Eric?
(a) A younger brother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) An older sister.
(d) An aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Nicholas receive the call that his son had died?

2. What poet wrote about "inscape"?

3. How old was Eric when he died?

4. What type of trees were releasing their seeds when Eric was laid to rest?

5. Where was there a furious dispute over the future direction of architecture?

(see the answer key)

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