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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Toxique, Chapters 2-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony say comes unraveled if you "pick any strand and snip"?
(a) History.
(b) Zenia's love for West.
(c) Tony's life.
(d) Roz's knitting.

2. Who does Tony say in Chapter 1 "was a bad business, and should be left alone"?
(a) West.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Roz.

3. The shop at which Charis works sells what kind of things?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Shoes.
(d) New age knickknacks.

4. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?
(a) Roz.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Zenia.

5. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?
(a) Zenia.
(b) West.
(c) Roz.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?

2. What does Roz's parking space at her office read?

3. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 1, to whom does Tony say that history is a construct?

5. With whom does Tony have lunch at the end of Chapter 1?

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