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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. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?
(a) Wesley Worldbank.
(b) Ultrawealthyman.
(c) Captain Corporation.
(d) Admiral Archvillain.

2. Where did Nathaniel meet Delphine?
(a) She is a friend of Amity's.
(b) At work.
(c) At one of Lucien's parties.
(d) In college.

3. After Charlie, Rose, and Isaac, who is the next person that Lucien imagines has come to see him in the gallery?
(a) His deceased brohter.
(b) Miss Mueller.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) The president.

4. What does Lucien think New Yorkers look like as they hurry along the streets in the months after 9/11?
(a) Like they are trying to pretend they are not anxious and afraid.
(b) Like people unexpectedly caught out in the rain.
(c) Like robots programmed to go to work regardless of the condition of the city.
(d) Like their consciences are bothering them.

5. What does Lucien remember happening all though the fall of 2001?
(a) The sons of many of his acquaintances joined the military.
(b) Many people moved out of New York.
(c) There were attacks on Muslim Americans.
(d) The fire from the fallen towers kept smoldering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied by the phrasing when the narrator says that Delphine "let Nathaniel come over to her apartment and play her favorite CDs" (30)?

2. Which character works for Itami Systems?

3. What does Isaac do for a living?

4. What does Lucien believe is the reason that people like him did not see the September 11th attacks as a possibility?

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

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