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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Farewell" through "Waiting".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What industry does Madison work in?
(a) Public relations.
(b) Law.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Music performance.

2. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Gleeful.
(d) Condescending.

3. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
(a) They are repainting the loft.
(b) They sort through and forward Matsumoto's mail.
(c) They collect the rent from Matsumoto's other tenants.
(d) They take care of Matsumoto's cats.

4. On page 35, to what do Lucien's overseas friends compare the United States's actions after 9/11?
(a) "Bit of paper blown by a powerful fan."
(b) "A big science fiction horror movie."
(c) "A sheet of flame."
(d) "An inexhaustible geyser."

5. What does the phrase "when the sky fell" refer to, on page 30?
(a) The death of Nathaniel's Aunt Charlie.
(b) The day that Nathaniel found out that Matsumoto was returning to New York.
(c) The September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.
(d) The bombing of Baghdad at the beginning of the Iraq War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucien wonder about the ordinary citizens of Rome?

2. What does Lucien think New Yorkers look like as they hurry along the streets in the months after 9/11?

3. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?

4. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

5. What does Isaac do for a living?

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