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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Longer Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dobson say the Middle Ages were defined?
(a) by the Christian Church
(b) by the art and drama of the period
(c) by theprinting press
(d) by ignorance and disease

2. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?
(a) as a reason to keep looking for the Manuscript
(b) as a new way of looking at our history
(c) as a new way to consider mathematics
(d) as a way to locate people

3. What happened to the priest Charlene went to see about the Manuscript?
(a) He disappeared.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He was dead when she got there.
(d) He refused to speak ot her.

4. Why does the narrator call the police?
(a) to report that someone shot at them but missed
(b) to get them to fingerprint the found briefcase
(c) fear that the man watching means Charlene some harm
(d) to report the narrator's stolen car

5. What has always fascinated the narrator?
(a) metaphysical literature
(b) archeology
(c) the concept of coincidences
(d) the Incan Empire

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while the narrator is running away?

2. Why does the narrator not get out of the taxi at his hotel?

3. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?

4. What will people need to overcome their restlessness?

5. What does the narrator think about that makes him agree with Charlene?

(see the answer key)

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