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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else received papers similar to what Lever received?
(a) Lila Mae's father and the chief of police.
(b) James Fulton and Marie Claire Rogers.
(c) Chancre and a reporter for Lift magazine.
(d) Johnny Shush and Chuck Gould.

2. Why is James Fulton an important figure?
(a) He took Lila Mae under his wing and mentored her.
(b) He is Lila Mae's father.
(c) He is an opponent of Intuitionism.
(d) He is the founder of Intuitionism.

3. What story is scheduled to come out in next issue of Lift Magazine?
(a) A story about the history of Intuitionism.
(b) A story about the Fanny Briggs accident.
(c) A story about the corruption of Frank Chancre.
(d) A story about the Black Box papers.

4. What does Lila Mae tell Mr. Reed about the next day after she was at Shush's?
(a) Her meeting with Frank Chancre.
(b) Her lack of progress with Marie Claire.
(c) Her relationship with Fulton.
(d) Her discovery that the Fanny Briggs crash was rigged.

5. Why does Reed send Lila Mae to Marie Claire?
(a) Marie Claire has a lead on a new job for Lila Mae.
(b) Marie Claire would be willing to take part in Lila Mae's investigation.
(c) He thinks she is more likely to talk to Lila Mae because they are both black.
(d) He knows that Lila Mae is a former student of hers and would probably open up to her.

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

7. According to Jim, how many times had Urich lied to him?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. Where does Lila Mae take Chuck to question him in Down: Part One?
(a) The back alley.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Her car.
(d) The bathroom.

9. Who is with Mr. Reed when Lila Mae arrives the location she goes to after leaving Shush's?
(a) Frank Chancre.
(b) Marie Claire Rogers.
(c) James Fulton.
(d) Orville Lever.

10. What is Arbogast determined to do?
(a) Bring Johnny Shush to justice.
(b) Send Lila Mae to jail.
(c) Find the Black Box.
(d) Solve the Fanny Briggs mystery.

11. What book did Lila Mae discover?
(a) Elevator Physics.
(b) The autobiography of Fanny Briggs.
(c) The History of Elevator Design.
(d) Theoretical Elevators, Volume 1.

12. What does Lila Mae learn about Fulton's background?
(a) He was secretly married to Marie Claire Rogers.
(b) He was really a black man.
(c) He used to be an Empiricist.
(d) He plagiarized his book, Theoretical Elevators.

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

14. What does Chancre promise the media?
(a) To investigate whether or not Intuitionist methods resulted in the Fanny Briggs crash.
(b) To find the plans for the Black Box and make them public.
(c) To resign in disgrace following the accident.
(d) To capture and imprison Lila Mae Watson.

15. What do Lila Mae and Natchez initially have in common?
(a) They have both been falsely accused.
(b) They are both elevator inspectors.
(c) They were both students of James Fulton.
(d) They are both black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Fulton do during his years of mental decline?

2. What is Frank Chancre's position?

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

4. What happens at the Fanny Briggs Building?

5. What does Mr. Reed suggest to Lila Mae in Down: Part One?

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