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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Simple as 1, 2,3; Getting Ahead; Hotel City; Who Is Herman; Sexist Pig.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard was studying counting and the different things he can do while counting, he discovered that no one can do what while counting?
(a) Read out loud.
(b) Type an essay.
(c) Sing a rock song.
(d) Dream.

2. What did Richard say Arlene played beautifully?
(a) The cello.
(b) The violin.
(c) The harp.
(d) The piano.

3. Richard states that he joined a specific group because Arlene had joined that group. What kind of group was it?
(a) A math group.
(b) A ballet group.
(c) A speech group.
(d) An art group.

4. While Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of a fly with what color eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

5. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Robert Stapler was what type of person?
(a) Sports type.
(b) Scientific type.
(c) Literary type.
(d) Math type.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard went away to college after completing high school, where did he go?

2. When the taxi driver took Richard around an East Indian neighborhood, he pointed out two women he admired who gathered enough money to buy what?

3. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?

4. In Part 1: Hotel City, Richard mentions going on a tour inside the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland. What kind of handles did the big auditorium doors have?

5. When Richard was attending graduate school, a guy walked in on him holding a pot in one hand and stirring with the other. What was in the pot that Richard was stirring?

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