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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. What does Barbara accidentally pour over someone's head?
(a) Salt.
(b) Wine.
(c) Gravy.
(d) Sugar.

2. How does Barbara cut through Jenkins' shyness when they meet?
(a) She urges him to ask her to dance.
(b) She gives him a hug.
(c) She provokes him into anger.
(d) She pretends they have met before.

3. To whom does Jenkins compare Deacon?
(a) Giles.
(b) Le Bas.
(c) Widmerpool.
(d) Stringham.

4. Who does Pilgrim argue with at the party in Chapter 2 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Templer.
(d) Stringham.

5. What is Jenkins relieved is not the subject of ridicule in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Music.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stringham begin to act at the party in Chapter 2 of "A Buyer's Market"?

2. Where does Widmerpool say Templer's family gets their fortune from?

3. What does Jenkins note Deacon had not particularly liked?

4. What does Jenkins think about Eleanor is Chapter 3 of "A Buyer's Market"?

5. How does Jenkins know his feelings for Barbara are cooling?

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