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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down: Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Lift"?
(a) A professional association of elevator inspectors.
(b) An elevator industry magazine.
(c) A new rival philosophy.
(d) The nickname for Frank Chancre.

2. If made public, what effect would the Black Box plans have?
(a) It would bring racial equality in the city.
(b) It would make Empiricism look bad.
(c) It would bias the public against the whole elevator industry.
(d) It would be considered the end of Intuitionism.

3. How many people of color had been trained as elevator inspectors when Lila Mae was studying to become one?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 23.

4. How does Lila Mae determine what is wrong with the elevators she inspects?
(a) She relies on more experienced inspectors to help her out.
(b) She waits for them to fail and examines the wreckage.
(c) She takes careful measurements and compares them to documented standards.
(d) She gets on them and intuits their malfunctions.

5. What does Lila Mae decide to do at the end of Down: Part One?
(a) Work for Lever's campaign.
(b) Go back to work.
(c) Resign as an inspector.
(d) Find the Black Box plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the story of the elevator crash being covered in the papers?

2. What does Chuck Gould tell Lila Mae in Down: Part One?

3. Why is James Fulton an important figure?

4. How did Lila Mae land the Fanny Briggs assignment?

5. What is the name for the design challenge that elevator researchers have been working on for years?

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