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

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

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

4. What has Mae's father been taken to the hospital in Book I?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He had an aneurysm.
(c) He had a seizure.
(d) He had a stroke.

5. How old is Tom Stenton said to be based on his painting in the library at the Circle?
(a) In his mid 50s.
(b) In his early 40s.
(c) In his early 20s.
(d) In his late 20s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fruit does Kalden give Mae after they leave the circus?

2. Why does Mae become upset about her sexual encounter with Frank in Book I?

3. How many students were in Mae's graduating class in high school?

4. What lines the walls of the first cubicle that Renata takes Mae to at the Circle?

5. What is the name of the system that combines social media profiles, e-mail accounts, and payment systems into one simple system at the Circle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Mae's father had a difficult time dealing with his insurance company in Book I?

2. How do Mercer and Mae differ in their perceptions of technology and the internet?

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

4. Where did Mae grow up? How is this setting described?

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

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

7. What is symbolized by the glass walls in the offices of the Circle's campus?

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

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

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

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