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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Context" through "Continuity".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?
(a) Captain Corporation.
(b) Admiral Archvillain.
(c) Wesley Worldbank.
(d) Ultrawealthyman.

2. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?
(a) Went to check on Nathaniel.
(b) Went to bed with a glass of scotch.
(c) Went to visit Charlie's grave.
(d) Went to check on his gallery.

3. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?
(a) That life is unpredictable.
(b) That time only moves in one direction.
(c) That ideas are bigger than any one person.
(d) That we should love one another.

4. Which of the possible consequences of a global computer failure that Nathaniel mentions could be considered foreshadowing?
(a) The idea that people might be trapped in high-rise elevators.
(b) The idea that hospitals might not be able to monitor patients.
(c) The idea that widespread food shortages might occur.
(d) The idea that airplanes might lose their guidance systems and crash.

5. What is Russell's business relationship to Amity?
(a) He is her lawyer.
(b) He is her book agent.
(c) He is an employee of her P.R. firm.
(d) He works with her at the stock exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lucien is in the gallery imagining that he is with Charlie, what does he promise her?

2. When he is a young adult, what does Nathaniel think about moving to New York?

3. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?

4. To what does Lucien compare old age?

5. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

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