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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jeremy work so hard at studying for his A levels?
(a) He wanted to prove how smart he reallly was.
(b) To find the right girl at a new school.
(c) To attract an older woman.
(d) He wanted to go to university and leave home.

2. What was June's job when she first encountered Bernard?
(a) Socialist Party leader.
(b) Senator's secretary.
(c) Interpreter and occasional translator of French documents.
(d) French teacher for foreign diplomat's children.

3. What completely overshadowed Jeremy and Jenny's life until their first child was born?
(a) Jenny's inability to have a child.
(b) Bernard's drinking.
(c) Jeremy's work.
(d) June's illness.

4. What were Bernard's feelings about June's commitment to the Communist Party after the incident with the insect in Part Two?
(a) That she had her own strange ideas and might not stick with it.
(b) He saw her leaning toward the defunct Nazi Party.
(c) That she was more committed than he was.
(d) That she had only pretended to believe in it all along.

5. What does June believe she discovered after the incident with the dogs?
(a) God.
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) The perfect animals.
(d) Her true self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jeremy realize he and Bernard had seen the woman and her friend who helps them to a taxi?

2. At what age did Jeremy eventually get married?

3. Why won't Bernard make conversation with the taxi driver who takes him to the airport?

4. When a group of teenagers surround Bernard, what does he tell them?

5. Why does Jeremy go knocking on his friend, Toby's, door?

(see the answer key)

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