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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 later part of the narrative is Lucien tied to when, on pages 16-17, the narrator says that "It's as if he's got some part that's simply worn out and needs replacing"?
(a) The discussion of superpowers.
(b) The argument between Amity and Madison.
(c) The description of 9/11.
(d) The discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.

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

3. On page 34, what is said to change styles rapidly in New York in the months after September 11, 2001?
(a) Hair.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Pets.
(d) Policing.

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

5. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?
(a) City parks.
(b) Commercial buildings.
(c) Houses.
(d) Churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaac do for a living?

2. When Lucien is thinking "One/two. On/off," what does his thoughts refer to (32)?

3. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

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 Nathaniel ask Delphine more than once not to do?

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