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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. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?
(a) The view from the terrace.
(b) The flat-screen television.
(c) The art on the walls.
(d) The Jacuzzi in the bathroom.

2. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?
(a) He works with her at the stock exchange.
(b) He is her book agent.
(c) He is an employee of her P.R. firm.
(d) He is her lawyer.

3. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?
(a) Breaking up with his girlfriend.
(b) Quitting his job.
(c) Moving into Matsumoto's loft.
(d) Meeting his previously unknown sister.

4. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?
(a) That ideas are bigger than any one person.
(b) That time only moves in one direction.
(c) That life is unpredictable.
(d) That we should love one another.

5. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?
(a) Systems and institutions favor the powerful by their very nature.
(b) Great people rise to prominence regardless of their circumstances.
(c) If we do not study the past, we will inevitably repeat unhelpful patterns.
(d) There are too many variables for humans to be effective at thinking ahead.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Amity is trying to convince Nathaniel to move to New York, what does she say stands in his way?

2. What is Lucien thinking of when he thinks about a "poison syrup" (34)?

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

4. What does Nathaniel ask Delphine more than once not to do?

5. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

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