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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 does Jane say that gets her admitted into St. Anne's?
(a) She offers money.
(b) She said she was sent by Dr. Dimble.
(c) She pledges a pact of secrecy.
(d) She says she is desperate for help.

2. How does Mr. Wither seem to Mark during their conversation when Mark is first introduced at Belbury?
(a) Too eager.
(b) Cold and hostile.
(c) Distracted and distant.
(d) Enthusiastic and warm.

3. Who controls most of the newspapers?
(a) The Fairy.
(b) St. Anne's.
(c) The N.I.C.E.
(d) Bracston College.

4. What do the fellows at Bracton College think they hear outside during their meeting the night after they sold Bragdon Wood?
(a) Machine gun fire.
(b) A lion roaring.
(c) A great storm raging.
(d) A car crash.

5. Why is Mr. Steele so hostile towards Mark when they are first introduced to each other at Belbury?
(a) He is hostile towards everyone.
(b) He hates Bracton College and everyone who works there.
(c) He is upset that Mark is being placed in his department without his permission.
(d) He knows that Mark is being hired to replace him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mark's main concern at the beginning of the book?

2. Why do the Dimbles have to move?

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

4. What happened to Mr. Hingest the night after he announced his decision to leave the N.I.C.E.?

5. Why is Mrs. Dimble at Jane's house while Mark is away?

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