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

2. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?
(a) He is her book agent.
(b) He is an employee of her P.R. firm.
(c) He works with her at the stock exchange.
(d) He is her lawyer.

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

4. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?
(a) Shortly after the September 11th attack.
(b) In the year 2000.
(c) In the year 2003.
(d) Before the year 2000.

5. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
(a) They sort through and forward Matsumoto's mail.
(b) They are repainting the loft.
(c) They collect the rent from Matsumoto's other tenants.
(d) They take care of Matsumoto's cats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?

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"?

5. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?

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