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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1887, what could a man volunteering to be a waiter not be according to critics?
(a) A gentlemen.
(b) Upper class.
(c) A scholar.
(d) Respected.

2. What does Dr. Leete say both 19th and 20th century men agree on?
(a) Society must have divisions.
(b) Dickens was a genius.
(c) Literature is the foundation of all great thinkers.
(d) Money runs the world.

3. In terms of legislation, what is the system of 2000 dependent on?
(a) Volunteerism.
(b) Fear.
(c) Law.
(d) Obedience.

4. What does Julian assume occurred for the change in Boston to have happened?
(a) Nuclear holocaust.
(b) War.
(c) Change in president.
(d) Worker revolution.

5. What does the narrator say Human history is?
(a) Cyclical.
(b) Linear.
(c) Reciprocal.
(d) Stagnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sawyer's relationship to the narrator?

2. Since money is no longer acquired on a personal basis, what is no longer needed?

3. What disorder does the narrator suffer from?

4. Where does Edith Leete invite Julian for diner?

5. When is music available to people in 2000?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Julian's mental state on the day after he arrives in 2000?

2. What does the author state this novel is composed of?

3. What is Julian surprised by government rule?

4. How does Edith Leete react to Edith Bartlett's picture?

5. What does Dr. Leete suggest would happen if people from the 19th century had leisure time?

6. The narrator states that he has to build a sleeping chamber due to insomnia, what does the sleeping chamber look like?

7. Why is Edith hesitant to tell Julian what was being discussed as he woke up that first day?

8. What does Julian find when he wakes up in Chapter 28?

9. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

10. The Leetes take Julian to the dining hall. Describe this experience.

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