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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 character works for Itami Systems?
(a) Matsumoto.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Madison.
(d) Lyle.

2. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?
(a) Scrolling through Facebook.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Working on his costume.
(d) Watching television.

3. When Amity is trying to convince Nathaniel to move to New York, what does she say stands in his way?
(a) Money.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Complacency.

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

5. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?
(a) How he got so old.
(b) How to make the world a better place.
(c) What it was like in New York on 9/11/2001.
(d) Whether he misses Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Nathaniel imagine telling the story of the Y2K computer issue?

2. What does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?

3. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?

4. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?

5. What is Passivityman?

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