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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

2. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Rock.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Leaves.

3. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?
(a) That the teacher is stupid.
(b) That they will all be successful one day.
(c) That the teacher is kind.
(d) That the teacher is funny.

4. Which people are at the far end of the table right next to the door in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Those who deal in hazards.
(b) The priests.
(c) The modernists.
(d) The wizards.

5. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Trees.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Humans.
(d) The tender bones of stupid caribou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?

2. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?

3. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?

4. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?

5. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

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