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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 has changed in Lucien's attitude about art since Charlie's death?
(a) He does not care about it the way he once did.
(b) He wants to create it, not just sell it.
(c) He finds most art too "young" for his taste now.
(d) He now prefers much darker, more serious art.

2. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?
(a) Animism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Mormonism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
(a) Madame Mignon.
(b) Ms. Melody.
(c) Princess Prudence.
(d) Doctor Deidre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?

4. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?

5. 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"?

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