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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Third Meeting, Adrian Ford, and the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that "the brain does not like being" what (210)?
(a) "Repressed."
(b) "Questioned."
(c) "Controlled."
(d) "Typecast."

2. Why did Adrian write to the narrator during his senior year of college?
(a) To tell him he was quitting school.
(b) To tell him he was committing suicide.
(c) To ask him to come on vacation wih him.
(d) To ask for permission to date Veronica.

3. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?
(a) He was too clever.
(b) He impregnated his girlfriend.
(c) He was depressive.
(d) He was struggling in school.

4. What set Adrian Finn apart from the other boys, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) He was new to the school.
(b) He came from a two-parent home.
(c) He was mentally disabled.
(d) He was physically disabled.

5. When does the narrator say a person's character peaks in Chapter 2?
(a) Between 15 and 25.
(b) Between 20 and 30.
(c) Between 25 and 35.
(d) Between 30 and 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the song by the punk rock band led by a friend of the narrator's in Chapter 2?

2. Who writes to the narrator from Messrs. Coyle, Innes and Black in Chapter 2?

3. How old was the narrator when he says that he had a moment when he admitted that his adventurousness had long since petered out?

4. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?

5. What is one of the main themes/motifs in The Sense of an Ending?

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