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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Urich discover in Down: Part Two?
(a) That Johnny Shush is financing Lever's campaign.
(b) That his story about the Black Box has been pulled from the next issue.
(c) That Lila Mae has been framed for the Fanny Briggs crash.
(d) That the Institute for Vertical Transport is going to close.

2. What are the respective philosophies of Chancre and Lever?
(a) Lever and Chancre are both Empiricists.
(b) Lever is an Empiricist and Chancre is an Intuitionist.
(c) Chancre is an Empiricist and Lever is an Intuitionist.
(d) Lever and Chancre are both Intuitionists.

3. What is Frank Chancre's position?
(a) He is the chief elevator inspector for the city.
(b) He is head of the Institute for Vertical Transport.
(c) He is president of the Elevator Guild.
(d) He is the mayor of the city.

4. What does Chancre deny in Down: Part Two?
(a) Kidnapping Ben Urich.
(b) Sabotaging the Fanny Briggs elevator.
(c) Having the Black Box plans.
(d) Trying to buy the election.

5. What is happening at in front of Headquarters when Lila Mae returns in Down: Part One?
(a) Chancre is holding a press conference.
(b) Orville Lever is delivering a political speech.
(c) Internal Affairs is searching Lila Mae's desk.
(d) Police are rounding up the black inspectors.

6. What does John do to Urich in Down: Part Two?
(a) He throws Urich into a dumpster.
(b) He steals Urich's wallet.
(c) He breaks Urich's finger.
(d) He grabs Urich's copies of the plans.

7. What is the Black Box?
(a) The safe holding Fulton's missing papers.
(b) The design for a perfect elevator.
(c) An elevator reserved for black people.
(d) The name the inspectors give for their headquarters.

8. Why has Lila Mae not returned to work in Down: Part Two?
(a) She has been officially assigned to work with Mr. Reed.
(b) There are no elevators that need to be inspected.
(c) She is on paid vacation.
(d) There is suspicion building around her.

9. Who is James Fulton?
(a) The head of the Elevator Department.
(b) The founder of Intuitionism.
(c) Lila Mae's father.
(d) A candidate for Elevator Guild President.

10. What does Chuck Gould tell Lila Mae in Down: Part One?
(a) That Lift Magazine received the Black Box plans.
(b) That Lila Mae has already been fired.
(c) That Internal Affairs suspects Lila Mae of sabotaging the Fanny Briggs elevator.
(d) That Frank Chancre was working with Johnny Shush.

11. What does Reed believe Chancre will do if he finds the Black Box plans?
(a) That Chancre will take credit for the design.
(b) That Chancre will make the plans public.
(c) The Chancre will secretly build a prototype of the elevator.
(d) That Chancre will keep the plans a secret.

12. What does Lila Mae Watson do for a living?
(a) She is an elevator inspector for the city.
(b) She is an investigator for the Elevator Institute.
(c) She is a reporter for Lift Magazine.
(d) She is an elevator operator.

13. Why did Lila Mae have to live in a converted closet?
(a) She was attending in secret and had to hide.
(b) The full-sized rooms were "white only."
(c) Full-sized rooms were assigned by lottery.
(d) She had applied too late for student housing.

14. What is the attitude of Empiricists toward Intuitionism?
(a) They feel superior because Empiricism has a better track record.
(b) They try to emulate the Intuitionists.
(c) They admire but distrust Intuitionists.
(d) They look down on them and consider them "Houdinis."

15. Why is Jim Murphy's personality like?
(a) He is honest and upstanding.
(b) He is sneaky and unreliable.
(c) He is outgoing and talkative.
(d) He is quiet and violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people of color had been trained as elevator inspectors when Lila Mae was studying to become one?

2. What does Marie Claire claim happened the day of Fulton's funeral?

3. What is "Lift"?

4. Who is the "screaming man"?

5. What is Lila Mae's record for accuracy?

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