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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinguishes Kenneth Erwood in Topeka?
(a) He is openly gay.
(b) He is an outspoken anti-war protestor.
(c) He is a MacArthur Genius grant winner.
(d) He is black.

2. When does the narrator say Jonathan married his first wife?
(a) When they finished their doctorates.
(b) When they both graduated high school.
(c) When they got unexpectedly pregnant.
(d) After they had each lost a parent.

3. What does Adam say these figures can trigger?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Psychotic hallucinations
(c) Seizures.
(d) Cancer.

4. What is Adam’s relationship with Joanna?
(a) She is his lab partner in chemistry.
(b) She is his neighbor.
(c) She is his girlfriend.
(d) She is his debate partner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Darren lose his job?

2. What does the narrator say is the result of the spread?

3. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?

4. What does Ziegler find he can understand, once he take the pill?

5. Where was Sima’s family from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jonathan explain his success at the Foundation?

2. What emotions does Jane associate with having neglected to order airline tickets for a family trip?

3. What is Adam’s relationship with Dr. Erwood?

4. How did fame change things for Jane?

5. What is the story Amber told Adam in the car after they reconnected?

6. What is the setting for the first full chapter, after the brief prologue?

7. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?

8. What is the spread and why is it controversial?

9. How does Jonathan describe his relationship with Ziegler?

10. Where is Darren’s refuge, and what solace does he take there?

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