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

2. In "Context," what does the narrative say is "unclear" for the roommates as they sit out on their terrace (16)?
(a) Whether they want to stay in New York.
(b) What they are looking at.
(c) Where they will live next.
(d) Which of them is the most passive.

3. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?
(a) They should pay more attention to their friends and families.
(b) They have been self-absorbed.
(c) They will never recover.
(d) They make the world worse just by living in it.

4. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?
(a) Whether he misses Charlie.
(b) How to make the world a better place.
(c) How he got so old.
(d) What it was like in New York on 9/11/2001.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?

2. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?

3. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

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

5. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?

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