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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. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?
(a) At a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(b) At his first job in New York.
(c) In college.
(d) In high school.

2. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?
(a) He is heavily in debt.
(b) His boyfriend has moved to London.
(c) He and his boyfriend have broken up.
(d) He is homesick and hates New York.

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

4. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?
(a) Churches.
(b) City parks.
(c) Houses.
(d) Commercial buildings.

5. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?
(a) It was burning down around him.
(b) It was shattering like broken glass.
(c) It was melting away into nothing.
(d) It was all turning into paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Charlie, Rose, and Isaac, who is the next person that Lucien imagines has come to see him in the gallery?

2. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

3. 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"?

4. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?

5. What surprises Lucien about what happened after Charlies's death?

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