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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Tagomi attribute Ramsey' s tanning by sun lamp?
(a) His desire to improve his health.
(b) His desire to be outside.
(c) His desire to fit in.
(d) His desire to meet pretty women.

2. What does McCarthy suggest is the reason Frank is initially reluctant to start his own business?
(a) Threats of harming Juliana.
(b) Fear of Wyndam-Matson's revenge.
(c) Years of political brainwashing.
(d) Repeated past job failures.

3. What contradiction does the Oracle's message predict that leaves Frank confused?
(a) Love's return and loss.
(b) Business success and poverty.
(c) Good fortune and doom.
(d) Long life and death.

4. What does the mystery client encourage Childan to report?
(a) Missing items to the authorities
(b) Increased customer demands to his suppliers.
(c) Shipping failures to the Trade Commission.
(d) Discovered forgeries to the police.

5. When Childan returns to his office in Chapter 4, who does the client waiting for him claim to represent?
(a) An Admiral of the Imperial Army.
(b) A businessman from the Middle East.
(c) An agent from the Trade Commission.
(d) A leader of the Third Reich.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ramsey feel about Tagomi's request that he select the gift for Baynes?

2. What technique is used in Chapter 4 to introduce the reader to the character of Wyndam-Matson?

3. What do phrases like "the fussy, brisk voice," "barely polite," and "deliberately mispronounced his name" initially tell us about Tagomi's character?

4. What does Frank's memory of the landlord Omuro being beheaded by the Japanese Mission because of profiteering off ex-servicemen say about the Japanese?

5. In Chapter 4, what does McCarthy encourage Frank to do?

(see the answer key)

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