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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Farewell" through "Waiting".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Lucien compare old age?
(a) A bankrupt business.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) A house without a kitchen.
(d) A tar pit.

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

3. Of all of the things that Nathaniel can see from Matsumoto's loft, which is most important to him?
(a) The World Trade Center.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Chrysler Building.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

4. 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 put more energy into the gallery.
(c) He will find another apartment for Nathaniel.
(d) He will find another woman to love and be happy again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Passivityman?

2. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?

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

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

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

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