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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" through "Home.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Lucien's assistant?
(a) Advika.
(b) Devahuti.
(c) Sharmila.
(d) Rashana.

2. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?
(a) He will try to think more kindly about Rose and Isaac.
(b) He will put more energy into the gallery.
(c) He will find another woman to love and be happy again.
(d) He will find another apartment for Nathaniel.

3. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?
(a) There are too many variables for humans to be effective at thinking ahead.
(b) Systems and institutions favor the powerful by their very nature.
(c) If we do not study the past, we will inevitably repeat unhelpful patterns.
(d) Great people rise to prominence regardless of their circumstances.

4. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?
(a) The circuit board of a computer.
(b) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(c) A glass of champagne.
(d) A miniature city from his childhood train set.

5. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?
(a) That we should love one another.
(b) That life is unpredictable.
(c) That time only moves in one direction.
(d) That ideas are bigger than any one person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Nathaniel and Lucien related?

3. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?

4. What ridiculous detail does Nathaniel give in his description of the last months of 1999?

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

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