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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who grabs Doyle's leg before Bugs can lead Doyle away?
(a) Fairchild.
(b) Skate Benjamin.
(c) Jacky.
(d) Romany.

2. Who is the first character introduced in the book?
(a) Darrow.
(b) Fikee.
(c) Doyle.
(d) Romany.

3. Who says, "Time is comparable to a river flowing under a layer of ice. It stretches us out like water weeds, from root to tip, from birth to death, curled around whatever rocks or snags happen to lie in our path; and no one can get out of the river because of the ice roof, and no one can turn back against the current for an instant?"
(a) Darrow.
(b) Benner.
(c) Treff.
(d) Doyle.

4. What does Doyle say he sees behind their carriage on the way to the lecture?
(a) The time gate.
(b) A clown.
(c) Coleridge.
(d) A conestoga wagon.

5. What is the beggar known as Bugs trying to sell?
(a) Nothing, he's begging.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Beer.
(d) Peppermints.

Short Answer Questions

1. The setting of the prologue takes place six miles from which European city?

2. When the time tourists arrive at the lecture they discover it is ___________.

3. What do the beggar lords sit in at Horrabin's Hall?

4. Who does Skate Benjamin work under?

5. In what city do Fikee and Romanelli receive their orders?

(see the answer key)

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