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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lines the walls of the first cubicle that Renata takes Mae to at the Circle?
(a) Gray burlap.
(b) Blue burlap.
(c) Pink tulle.
(d) White plasterboard.

2. What is the name of the wing of the Circle's campus for Customer Experience?
(a) The Middle Ages.
(b) The Old West.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Victorian Era.

3. Where did Mae attend college?
(a) Carleton College.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Cambridge College.
(d) Berkeley University.

4. Where did Annie earn her MBA?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Yale University.

5. What percentage of the search market does the Circle control?
(a) 80%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 90%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frank's last name?

2. What is the name of Annie's dog that recently passed away?

3. How many employees work at the main campus of the Circle where Mae begins working in Book I?

4. What condition is the founder of the Circle presumed to have?

5. What does the doctor at the clinic suggest Mae have surgery on during her first visit in Book I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of the welcoming party described on Mae's first day at the Circle?

2. How does the narrator describe the couple Mae meets on their barge in Book I?

3. How does the narrator describe Mae and Annie's history in Book I?

4. What happens at the Ideas Talk that Mae attends with Frank in Book I?

5. Why does Mae find it to be surprising that Annie has become a member of the Gang of 40?

6. How is Mae's first office described that is shown to her by Renata? How does Mae respond to the setting?

7. Who is Mercer and what is his relationship to Mae?

8. Describe the character of Mae as she is introduced in the beginning of the novel. What are Mae's circumstances as the story begins?

9. In what department does Mae begin working at the Circle? What are her duties?

10. What project at the Circle relates to the Marianas Trench?

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