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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. Which of the possible consequences of a global computer failure that Nathaniel mentions could be considered foreshadowing?
(a) The idea that people might be trapped in high-rise elevators.
(b) The idea that hospitals might not be able to monitor patients.
(c) The idea that airplanes might lose their guidance systems and crash.
(d) The idea that widespread food shortages might occur.

2. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?
(a) Their children's elementary school artwork.
(b) Stacks of money.
(c) Their old issues of the New York Review.
(d) Their designer clothing and shoes.

3. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?
(a) He is becoming passive-aggressive.
(b) He is becoming a sell-out.
(c) He is becoming lazy.
(d) He is becoming fearful and mediocre.

4. 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"?
(a) The discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.
(b) The discussion of superpowers.
(c) The argument between Amity and Madison.
(d) The description of 9/11.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Nathaniel live before he moved to New York?

3. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

4. To what does Lucien compare old age?

5. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?

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