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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What document is contained within "the familiar elongated blue-green envelope" (4)?
(a) Roni's draft notice.
(b) Leo's draft notice.
(c) Emily's draft notice.
(d) Barney's draft notice.

2. A draft notice generally gives what amount of time before "induction" (21)?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 45 days.

3. What kind of therapy does Leo receive at resorts all over the world?
(a) Biological therapy.
(b) Evolutionary therapy.
(c) Chemical therapy.
(d) Psychiatric therapy.

4. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?
(a) Executive assistant.
(b) Pre-fash consultant.
(c) General manager.
(d) Salesperson.

5. P.P. Layouts pays "an enormous yearly tribute to" (15) whom?
(a) Palmer Eldritch.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) Wall Street brokers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barney do when he finds that he does not remember the name of the woman with whom he wakes up?

2. In what city does Barney live at the start of the novel?

3. What always causes Dr. Smile to stop speaking?

4. For what reason is a draft for exodus levied upon the people of Earth?

5. To what location do people in the narrative have to go if they are drafted?

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