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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the phase in a person's life when he abandons the world when it becomes too much to bear?
(a) Escape.
(b) Delusion.
(c) Mania.
(d) Depression.

2. What does the narrator think about a good-looking boy he sees at the bar?
(a) He really needs a haircut.
(b) He would make a good soccer player.
(c) He should never have started smoking.
(d) He will be good at seducing women.

3. What subject does Philip tutor for the Jobses?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Math.
(c) Biology.
(d) English.

4. What is Philip's biggest dread regarding Anne-Marie?
(a) That she will leave him.
(b) That she will not marry him.
(c) That she will get pregnant.
(d) That she will want him to meet her family.

5. What mode of transportation do the narrator and Alix use to return to her apartment?
(a) Subway.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Limo.
(d) Metro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the waitress the narrator recalls from a previous visit to Autun?

2. The narrator believes that being alone is superior to ________________.

3. What is the main reason Philip spends time with Anne-Marie.

4. With what does the narrator struggle to free himself?

5. Who is the young French girl drinking with the black American soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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