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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 does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?
(a) Their children's elementary school artwork.
(b) Their designer clothing and shoes.
(c) Stacks of money.
(d) Their old issues of the New York Review.

2. How are Nathaniel and Lucien related?
(a) Nathaniel is Lucian's cousin's son.
(b) Nathaniel is Lucien's brother's son.
(c) Nathaniel is Lucian's son-in-law.
(d) Nathaniel is Lucien's nephew by marriage.

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 make partner at the architecture firm someday.
(b) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(c) He will be broke and have a terrible personal life.
(d) He will always regret the decision not to go to New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character works for Itami Systems?

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

4. What is Passivityman?

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

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