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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Anne notice in Barney's room that causes her excitement?
(a) The 95 Theses.
(b) De Imitatione Christi.
(c) Brave New World.
(d) A Clockwork Orange.

2. What special gift do Roni and Barney share?
(a) A high intelligence quotient.
(b) Extreme empathy.
(c) A hyperawareness of their own shortcomings.
(d) Precognitive ability.

3. Allen Faine offends Barney by marveling that Barney has what already?
(a) A hovel mate.
(b) A name.
(c) A garden.
(d) A girl.

4. Another passenger in Richard's commute car tells him that a ship from outside the Sol system has crashed where?
(a) On Saturn.
(b) On Mars.
(c) On Pluto.
(d) On Venus.

5. What are the symptoms that Barney will display once he has taken the toxin at the direction of Leo?
(a) He will go blind.
(b) He will fall into a decades-long coma.
(c) He will display signs of extreme regression.
(d) He will have frequent grand mal seizures.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason can Barney not foresee the outcome of his draft notice, even though he is a precog?

2. After being fired, Barney reflects that "it takes a certain amount of" what "to face yourself and say with candor, I'm rotten. I've done evil and I will again" (113)?

3. What is Leo's reply when Palmer Eldritch asks him if he is willing to retire?

4. When Leo calls Barney to tell him about the developments around Chew-Z, Barney muses that this is the first time he has seen his employer take what action?

5. What is said to be Palmer Eldritch's job?

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