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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jim Murphy's personality like?
(a) He is quiet and violent.
(b) He is sneaky and unreliable.
(c) He is honest and upstanding.
(d) He is outgoing and talkative.

2. What does Mr. Reed suggest to Lila Mae in Down: Part One?
(a) That she turn herself in.
(b) That she go on with her life as if nothing has happened.
(c) That she stay at Intuitionist House for her own safety.
(d) That she get out of town.

3. What is Frank Chancre's position?
(a) He is the chief elevator inspector for the city.
(b) He is head of the Institute for Vertical Transport.
(c) He is president of the Elevator Guild.
(d) He is the mayor of the city.

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

5. What is the "phantom passenger"?
(a) The ghost of James Fulton who rides the elevators at the Institute.
(b) The name of a philosophical challenge among elevator experts.
(c) The belief that all elevators, by their nature, are holding passengers at all times.
(d) The mysterious figure who sabotaged the Fanny Briggs elevator.

6. Who is the "screaming man"?
(a) James Fulton.
(b) Frank Chancre.
(c) Ben Urich.
(d) Mr. Reed.

7. Who abducts Urich?
(a) Mr. Reed.
(b) James Fulton.
(c) Elisha Otis.
(d) John and Jim.

8. What is the name for the design challenge that elevator researchers have been working on for years?
(a) The Next Generation.
(b) The Second Elevation.
(c) The Black Box.
(d) The New Cities.

9. What is the attitude of Empiricists toward Intuitionism?
(a) They look down on them and consider them "Houdinis."
(b) They try to emulate the Intuitionists.
(c) They feel superior because Empiricism has a better track record.
(d) They admire but distrust Intuitionists.

10. 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.

11. According to Jim, how many times had Urich lied to him?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

12. What does Otis' innovation do for the city?
(a) It marks the arrival of the Black Box.
(b) It marks the beginning of Intuitionism.
(c) It marks the arrival of the "second ascension."
(d) It marks the arrival of "verticality."

13. Who is the Fanny Briggs Building named after?
(a) A famous actress from the Funicular Follies.
(b) A wealthy benefactor to the city.
(c) The first woman elevator inspector.
(d) A prominent black activist.

14. Who does Lila Mae find at her apartment in Down: Part One?
(a) Frank Chancre.
(b) James Fulton.
(c) Jim and John.
(d) Natchez.

15. What does Lila Mae tell Mr. Reed about the next day after she was at Shush's?
(a) Her lack of progress with Marie Claire.
(b) Her relationship with Fulton.
(c) Her meeting with Frank Chancre.
(d) Her discovery that the Fanny Briggs crash was rigged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the building superintendent respond to Lila Mae's inspection?

2. Where does Arogast work?

3. Where do Lila Mae and the "screaming man" cross paths?

4. What do Lila Mae and Natchez initially have in common?

5. What is happening at in front of Headquarters when Lila Mae returns in Down: Part One?

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