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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down: Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marie Claire tell Lila Mae about Fulton?
(a) That Fulton is still alive.
(b) That he is not the man Lila Mae thinks he is.
(c) That Fulton is really Lila Mae's father.
(d) That marcie Claire and Fulton were secretly married.

2. What does Otis' innovation do for the city?
(a) It marks the arrival of the Black Box.
(b) It marks the arrival of "verticality."
(c) It marks the arrival of the "second ascension."
(d) It marks the beginning of Intuitionism.

3. What is "Lift"?
(a) A new rival philosophy.
(b) The nickname for Frank Chancre.
(c) An elevator industry magazine.
(d) A professional association of elevator inspectors.

4. What does Mr. Reed think has happened regarding the elevator crash in Down: Part One?
(a) That a design flaw in the elevator caused the crash.
(b) That Lila Mae has been set up to take the blame for the elevator crash.
(c) That Lila Mae intentionally arranged the crash.
(d) That Lila Mae was incompetent and caused the accident.

5. Where does Lila Mae wake up the next morning after two men visited her apartment in Down: Part One?
(a) In an elevator.
(b) In a room at Intuitionist House.
(c) In her converted room at elevator school.
(d) In her apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Lila Mae not returned to work in Down: Part Two?

2. With whom do Frank Chancre, John Corrigan and Jim Murphy also have connections?

3. What does Mr. Reed do for a living?

4. What does the radio dispatcher tell Lila Mae in Down: Part One?

5. Who is James Fulton?

(see the answer key)

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