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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Bernard make conversation with the taxi driver who takes him to the airport?
(a) Bernard is afraid the argument will get violent.
(b) He is too "real" and "common" for Bernard to deal with.
(c) Bernard does not want to pay the fare.
(d) He does not speak French.

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

3. Jeremy believes the man in the crowd holding a Communist flag is of a certain nationality. What is it?
(a) American.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Egyptian.

4. When Bernard and Jeremy are at the Berlin Wall, why are some of the crowd watching and listening to them both?
(a) They are hitting one another in the arm.
(b) Jeremy is screaming that Bernard is the father he never had.
(c) Jeremy is yelling at Bernard about love.
(d) Bernard is crying loudly, asking for June.

5. What finally drew Bernard away from the Communist Party?
(a) The contradictions between the reality and the fantasy of it.
(b) June did.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The difficulty in traveling to Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jeremy spoke with Bernard, how did he feel about June?

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

3. Bernard leaves the grave site to walk toward a yew tree in the cemetery. What does he do there?

4. How does Bernard refer to June's preoccupation with the spiritual world in Part Two?

5. When the teenagers take their leave, how do they do it without losing face?

(see the answer key)

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