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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jeremy continue to do after leaving North Oxford?
(a) Studying.
(b) Writing to Harper.
(c) Switching girlfriends.
(d) Leaving places and people.

2. What does Bernard think of living in and reflecting upon the present?
(a) It is self-indulgent.
(b) It is the only way to live.
(c) It should be combined with the past.
(d) One can learn about life.

3. Why was Jeremy so upset just before leaving for Oxford?
(a) Harper was threatening to kill him.
(b) He didn't think college was right for him.
(c) Sally was crying because he was going away.
(d) His bags would not fit in his friend's car.

4. What organization did June join when she was eighteen-years-old?
(a) The Socialist Cycling Club.
(b) The John Birch Society.
(c) The Feminist Movement.
(d) The Catholic Church.

5. What does June want to be the centerpiece of the memoir Jeremy is writing about her?
(a) Her divorce.
(b) The black dogs.
(c) A certain Christmas dinner.
(d) Her marriage to Bernard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inferred in the last sentence of the Preface?

2. In what way did June become a spiritual person?

3. How did June get her doctor on her side and change the staff's attitude toward her?

4. What finally drew Bernard away from the Communist Party?

5. About how many people have gathered to watch the Berlin Wall fall in Part Two?

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