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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 69 – 110; [Things Darren dreamt…]; The Men (Jane).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the spread in debate?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Radical.
(c) A violation of rules.
(d) A commonplace.

2. What was Darren’s therapist’s response when Darren lost his job?
(a) He was angry at the customer who got him fired.
(b) He wanted to give Darren tools for managing his feelings.
(c) He was angry at himself for not foreseeing him running into trouble.
(d) He was angry at Darren.

3. What does Adam say spreads Americans?
(a) The 24-hour news cycle.
(b) Highways.
(c) Manipulative ads.
(d) Smartphones.

4. What did Jonathan’s therapist see in Jonathan’s fascination with the Ziegler story?
(a) Dreams of grandeur.
(b) Projected self-loathing.
(c) Megalomania.
(d) Revenge fantasies.

5. What does the narrator say is the result of the spread?
(a) Non sequiturs.
(b) Drivel.
(c) Labyrinths of logic.
(d) Insight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Darren see as a metaphor for the barrier between waking and sleeping?

2. How does Jonathan see his dissertation research putting him in Ziegler’s position?

3. What did Jonathan ask his subjects to do for his dissertation research?

4. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?

5. Who has just left Adam, when his chapter opens?

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