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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (sections i-v).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Isabel ask the narrator to join her?
(a) An ice cream soda
(b) A film
(c) A smoke
(d) A theater performance

2. What is the reason the author states he is writing the story?
(a) He wants to get over his depression.
(b) His friend's biographer will have useful information.
(c) He needs people to understand.
(d) He needs money.

3. What do the characters think has changed Larry?
(a) University
(b) Marriage
(c) His job
(d) The war

4. What is the only thing Larry says he is interested in doing?
(a) Loving
(b) Traveling
(c) Fighting
(d) Loafing

5. Where does the narrator unexpectedly meet Larry?
(a) At a party
(b) Outside his house
(c) In a bar
(d) In the street

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elliott arrange for Larry to sit next to the Parisian woman?

2. How much does Larry think that he and Isabel can live on per year?

3. What does the author immediately state his misgivings about?

4. Gray Maturin id the son of _____________.

5. At whose house does Eliott say they are having lunch?

(see the answer key)

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