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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fleur decide to do with the manuscripts when she begins typing them out?
(a) As she tried to make sense of them, she made changes to make them worse.
(b) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.
(c) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.
(d) She made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.

2. Who comes to visit after Fleur arrives home that first evening?
(a) Her landlord's wife, Mrs. Alexander.
(b) Both her lover, Leslie, and his wife, Dottie.
(c) Sir Quentin.
(d) Beryl Tims.

3. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?
(a) She is devilishly argumentative.
(b) She is beautifully awful.
(c) She is unpleasant and manipulative.
(d) She is rotund and plain.

4. Fleur lives surrounded by books, yet does not consider herself a bibliophile. Why not?
(a) She only collects books of poetry.
(b) She is only interested in books for the content, not for their rarity or value.
(c) She only borrows from the library rather than purchase books for her own.
(d) She collects books by the hundreds but rarely reads them all the way through.

5. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(b) Fleur believes she has a demon inside her that rejoices in seeing people not just as they are, but more and more of how they are.
(c) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.
(d) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a member of the Autobiographical Association?

2. Why does Mr. Alexander keep insisting that Fleur move into a larger room in the his boarding house?

3. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?

4. What is Beryl Tims' primary task during the meetings of the Autobiographical Association?

5. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?

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