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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Liquidation of Anachronisms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cosser's duty in the countryside?
(a) He is planting important crops.
(b) He is evacuating people who have made homes there.
(c) He is diverting a river.
(d) He is surveying the landscape.

2. What is Jane doing when Mark comes home from his late meeting?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

3. What does Feverstone say to Mark about Curry and Busby after they leave the dinner party at the College?
(a) He thinks they are rather stupid.
(b) He is grateful to have them on his side.
(c) He thinks they are N.I.C.E. spies.
(d) He is suspicious of their deeper motives.

4. How does Cosser differ from Mark in his opinion of the countryside?
(a) Mark finds no beauty in the country.
(b) Cosser finds no beauty in the country.
(c) Cosser is afraid of the power of nature.
(d) Mark is afraid of the power of nature.

5. How does Mark see Lord Feverstone when they pass a mirror?
(a) He has cotton stuck to his face where he nicked himself shaving.
(b) He looks small, cold, and evil.
(c) He has someone following in his shadow.
(d) He looks like the master of his clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the draw for Bracton to sell Bragdon Wood to N.I.C.E.?

2. What is Mark's reaction when Reverend Straik mentions Jesus?

3. What does Mark not want as his primary job if he takes a position with the N.I.C.E.?

4. What is the name of the murdered man who Feverstone says was the only man who could help with the interplanetary problems?

5. What does Reverend Straik tell Mark that he cannot do once he joins the N.I.C.E.?

(see the answer key)

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