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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. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?
(a) City parks.
(b) Houses.
(c) Churches.
(d) Commercial buildings.

2. To what does Lucien compare old age?
(a) A house without a kitchen.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) A bankrupt business.
(d) A tar pit.

3. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?
(a) How he got so old.
(b) Whether he misses Charlie.
(c) What it was like in New York on 9/11/2001.
(d) How to make the world a better place.

4. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?
(a) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(b) A glass of champagne.
(c) The circuit board of a computer.
(d) A miniature city from his childhood train set.

5. What ridiculous detail does Nathaniel give in his description of the last months of 1999?
(a) Cults announcing that aliens would come to Earth at midnight on New Year's Eve.
(b) Preppers sealing their families into shelters underground.
(c) Celebrity clairvoyants making wild predictions in the tabloids.
(d) Businesses desperately trying to teach their staffs how to do math without computerized cash registers.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?

2. What detail does Nathaniel notice about Charlie and Lucien when they come to visit his family?

3. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

4. Which character works for Itami Systems?

5. After Charlie, Rose, and Isaac, who is the next person that Lucien imagines has come to see him in the gallery?

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