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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lila Mae feel about her fellow elevator inspectors?
(a) She does not like them.
(b) She thinks she is better than the rest of them.
(c) She is intimidated by them.
(d) She admires them.

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

3. What is Mr. Reed's connection to James Fulton?
(a) He is James Fulton's half-brother.
(b) He published Fulton's earliest works on Intuitionism.
(c) He was Fulton's academic rival in their early days at the Institute.
(d) He was one of Fulton's early students and converts to intuitionism.

4. Who dropped Lila Mae off on her first day of elevator school?
(a) Chuck Gould.
(b) Her father.
(c) Orville Lever.
(d) James Fulton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chancre promise the media?

2. What does Mr. Reed suggest to Lila Mae in Down: Part One?

3. What is Frank Chancre's position?

4. What is the Black Box?

5. What are the two opposing philosophies of elevator inspection?

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