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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Context" through "Continuity".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
(a) Madame Mignon.
(b) Princess Prudence.
(c) Doctor Deidre.
(d) Ms. Melody.

2. What ridiculous detail does Nathaniel give in his description of the last months of 1999?
(a) Businesses desperately trying to teach their staffs how to do math without computerized cash registers.
(b) Preppers sealing their families into shelters underground.
(c) Celebrity clairvoyants making wild predictions in the tabloids.
(d) Cults announcing that aliens would come to Earth at midnight on New Year's Eve.

3. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?
(a) Went to visit Charlie's grave.
(b) Went to check on Nathaniel.
(c) Went to bed with a glass of scotch.
(d) Went to check on his gallery.

4. What has changed in Lucien's attitude about art since Charlie's death?
(a) He does not care about it the way he once did.
(b) He now prefers much darker, more serious art.
(c) He wants to create it, not just sell it.
(d) He finds most art too "young" for his taste now.

5. What does Nathaniel think motivated his grandparents to move to the Midwest?
(a) Family loyalty.
(b) Panic.
(c) Whimsy.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?

2. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?

3. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?

4. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?

5. What later part of the narrative is Lucien tied to when, on pages 16-17, the narrator says that "It's as if he's got some part that's simply worn out and needs replacing"?

(see the answer key)

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