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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Records 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the citizens of the One State use pink coupons for?
(a) Sexual visits.
(b) Sick days.
(c) The lottery.
(d) Money.

2. What is the name of the standards a woman must meet before being able to bear children?
(a) The Maternal Norm.
(b) The Standards.
(c) The Parental Guide.
(d) The Mother Code.

3. What kind of dress does I-330 put on when D-503 visits her room for the first time?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Orange.
(c) Silk.
(d) Black.

4. Why do the doctors not operate on D-503's illness?
(a) It will interfere with the building of the Integral.
(b) They do not care if he dies.
(c) D-503 runs away.
(d) I-330 tells them not to.

5. Who does the narrator call "the greatest genius of the ancients?"
(a) Taylor.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does D-503 drop on the ground when he is rushing home from I-330's room?

2. What is the name of the newspaper that the narrator refers to in the first lines of the novel?

3. What expression does D-503 use to describe the pity felt by the ancients?

4. Who does D-503 believe he is bound to by an unseen cord?

5. At what time must D-503 be at the lecture after leaving the Ancient House for the first time?

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