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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. What does Nathaniel say history teaches us?
(a) Great people rise to prominence regardless of their circumstances.
(b) If we do not study the past, we will inevitably repeat unhelpful patterns.
(c) Systems and institutions favor the powerful by their very nature.
(d) There are too many variables for humans to be effective at thinking ahead.

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

3. In "Context," what does the narrative say is "unclear" for the roommates as they sit out on their terrace (16)?
(a) Whether they want to stay in New York.
(b) What they are looking at.
(c) Where they will live next.
(d) Which of them is the most passive.

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

5. Which character works for Itami Systems?
(a) Lyle.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Madison.
(d) Matsumoto.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?

4. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?

5. What do Rose and Isaac ask Lucien to do when he calls Nathaniel after Nathaniel arrives in New York?

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