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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word would sum up Frank's opinion of McCarthy?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Respect.

2. What is Childan upset over as the novel opens?
(a) An artist's complaint.
(b) An undelivered package.
(c) A store robbery.
(d) A missed appointment.

3. How does Wyndam-Matson's feel about "historicity"?
(a) It is inescapable.
(b) It is meaningless.
(c) It is hurtful.
(d) It is contradictory.

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

5. What irony exists in Ray Calvin's angry call to William-Matson about Childan's complaint?
(a) Wyndam-Matson works for Childan.
(b) Calvin owns W-M Corporation.
(c) Calvin was aware of the truth.
(d) Childan was mastermind of the plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what do we learn about how Juliana Frink makes her living?

2. What is it about Ramsey that makes Tagomi unwilling to share all the information about Baynes with him?

3. Frank sees the Edfrank Jewelry business as, perhaps, a way of ____________.

4. What other name does the I Ching go by?

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

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