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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Sometimes a Vague Notion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Walter Tyler give the narrator?
(a) Read Hazlitt and write before breakfast every day.
(b) Never look Clara in the eyes.
(c) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(d) Drink a glass of red wine before bedtime.

2. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?
(a) A kids' show poster.
(b) A Wanted poster.
(c) A concert poster.
(d) A Missing Person poster.

3. Who is the archivist in the library?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Megan Avery.
(c) Alex.
(d) Michael.

4. With whom did the narrator come to the club?
(a) Michael.
(b) Tad Allagash.
(c) Megan Avery.
(d) Clara Tillinghast.

5. Who does he call the minute he wakes up?
(a) Megan Avery.
(b) Vicky Hollins.
(c) Clara Tillinghast.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who settled their divorce?

2. What river is the narrator gazing across?

3. What item seen in the window of an antique shop does Vicky want in her house someday?

4. Why does the narrator decide to go in to work?

5. What short article, besides the French article, is the narrator assigned to fact-check?

(see the answer key)

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