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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Pitch, Yaw and Roll; Into the Body; A Simple Surgeon; and Tea With Paton Bobby.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carriscant visit his wife's uncle?
(a) To ask the uncle's business advice.
(b) To obtain an engine for Pantaleon.
(c) To give the uncle a physical examination.
(d) To tell the uncle that Carriscant is getting a divorce.

2. When does Annaliese's mother die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1925.

3. What does Carriscant see in Cruz's home?
(a) Lots of paintings of nude women.
(b) Medical experiments.
(c) Lots of paintings of nude ment.
(d) Several dead horses.

4. For what does Kay use a scalpel?
(a) To carve her initials in a tree.
(b) To carve a model of a building she is designing.
(c) To open a package that arrives for her.
(d) To make an incision in Carriscant's arm.

5. What is Kay's stipulation for her going with Carriscant?
(a) He will spend time with her.
(b) He will tell her everything.
(c) He will not tell everyone he's her father.
(d) They will have separate berths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Carriscant researched?

2. Why does Philip Brockman call Kay frequently?

3. What is the year when the novel opens?

4. In what way does Cruz consider himself superior in the novel?

5. What does Kay think started Philip on the road to his alcoholism?

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