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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. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?
(a) He will try to think more kindly about Rose and Isaac.
(b) He will find another apartment for Nathaniel.
(c) He will put more energy into the gallery.
(d) He will find another woman to love and be happy again.

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

3. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?
(a) Flirtatious.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Gleeful.
(d) Condescending.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?

2. What does Nathaniel do with his spare time that his parents find worrisome?

3. To what does Lucien compare old age?

4. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

5. When he is a young adult, what does Nathaniel think about moving to New York?

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