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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 the draw for Bracton to sell Bragdon Wood to N.I.C.E.?
(a) This sale will keep the college from going bankrupt.
(b) They hope to become an academic hub and to provide jobs for people in Edestow.
(c) They expect to be highly compensated for the piece of land and will be able to employ more teachers.
(d) They want to have closer contact with an agency that they don't trust.

2. What question does Lord Feverstone raise during the dinner party?
(a) How can he get into the inner circle of the N.I.C.E.?
(b) How many jobs will really be created by this sale?
(c) Who are the N.I.C.E. and what do they plan to do?
(d) How much more money will he make now that the sale has been made?

3. How long have the Studdocks been married?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 and 1/2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 years.

4. What is the room that was added on to the Belbury estate that now houses the N.I.C.E. headquarters?
(a) A library for file storage.
(b) A blood transfusion office.
(c) A hospital.
(d) The official headquarters.

5. What does Mark not want as his primary job if he takes a position with the N.I.C.E.?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Research.
(c) Writing.
(d) Sociology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mark distances himself from Belbury?

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

3. Who controls most of the newspapers?

4. Why is Mr. Steele so hostile towards Mark when they are first introduced to each other at Belbury?

5. What happens to the man in Jane's dream who was in a car coming home in the dark?

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