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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. What industry does Madison work in?
(a) Music performance.
(b) Law.
(c) Public relations.
(d) Advertising.

2. To whom does Nathaniel imagine telling the story of the Y2K computer issue?
(a) His grandchildren.
(b) A historian.
(c) His readers.
(d) His children.

3. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
(a) He will always regret the decision not to go to New York.
(b) He will make partner at the architecture firm someday.
(c) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(d) He will be broke and have a terrible personal life.

4. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?
(a) He works in the New York subway's architecture department.
(b) He works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange.
(c) He is a bartender at a bar near Matsumoto's loft.
(d) He works as a building manager for Matsumoto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?

2. What is the name of Lucien's assistant?

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

4. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?

5. What does Nathaniel think motivated his grandparents to move to the Midwest?

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