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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 widespread food shortages might occur.
(b) The idea that people might be trapped in high-rise elevators.
(c) The idea that hospitals might not be able to monitor patients.
(d) The idea that airplanes might lose their guidance systems and crash.

2. Where did Nathaniel live before he moved to New York?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) California.
(d) The Southwest.

3. After Charlie, Rose, and Isaac, who is the next person that Lucien imagines has come to see him in the gallery?
(a) Miss Mueller.
(b) His deceased brohter.
(c) The president.
(d) Nathaniel.

4. What ridiculous detail does Nathaniel give in his description of the last months of 1999?
(a) Businesses desperately trying to teach their staffs how to do math without computerized cash registers.
(b) Celebrity clairvoyants making wild predictions in the tabloids.
(c) Preppers sealing their families into shelters underground.
(d) Cults announcing that aliens would come to Earth at midnight on New Year's Eve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Passivityman?

2. To what does Lucien compare old age?

3. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?

4. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?

5. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?

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