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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Buyer's Market.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who introduces Barbara to Jenkins?
(a) Giles.
(b) Lady Walpole-Wilson.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Jean.

2. Why is Widmerpool at La Grenadiere?
(a) To perfect his French.
(b) To make professional connections.
(c) To visit a girl he likes.
(d) His whole family is there.

3. What is Widmerpool worried about in Chapter 3 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) Being passed over for a promotion.
(b) Having done something seemingly illegal.
(c) His mother's failing health.
(d) Having to spend a weekend with Quiggin around.

4. Where is Stringham's mother from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) South Africa.

5. Why does Le Bas say he goes into the countryside?
(a) To hunt for butterflies.
(b) To get away from the students.
(c) To pick berries.
(d) To paint the scenery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jenkins head in Chapter 3 of "A Question of Upbringing"?

2. Who is Parkinson?

3. What does Jenkins think of Stringham's unmarried sister?

4. What is Jenkins looking at at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is Widmerpool doing when Jenkins first encounters him in "A Question of Upbringing"?

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