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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 Mark's main concern at the beginning of the book?
(a) His wife's discontent.
(b) The N.I.C.E.
(c) Finding a way to combine science and ethics.
(d) His fellowship at Bracton College.

2. Why do the Dimbles have to move?
(a) Mr. Dimble got a new job with the college and wants to be closer to it.
(b) They live in Bragdon Wood.
(c) They are being persecuted by the N.I.C.E.
(d) They have been forced out of the college society.

3. What is in the center of Bragdon Wood?
(a) A fence of stone.
(b) A very deep and mysterious well.
(c) An old cottage said to once house Merlin.
(d) A natural spring of tainted water.

4. What mythical character does Mr. Dimble refer to while speaking with Jane about Bragdon Wood?
(a) The Norse God of Thunder.
(b) Zeuss.
(c) Saint Nicholas.
(d) King Arthur.

5. What does Reverend Straik tell Mark that he cannot do once he joins the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He cannot love his wife.
(b) He cannot hold on to foolish notions of the college.
(c) He cannot turn back.
(d) He cannot tolerate the N.I.C.E. being spoken badly of.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Mrs. Maggs no longer work for Jane?

2. What is Cosser's duty in the countryside?

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

4. What does Feverstone reveal as the main mission of the N.I.C.E.?

5. Why has Jane not had children yet?

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