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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Onset, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tony's profession?
(a) Historian.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Writer.

2. With whom does Tony have lunch at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) West.
(b) Her friends, Roz and Charis.
(c) Billy.
(d) Zenia.

3. If Tony can understand the person she thinks is a puzzle and knot, what does she hope will happen?
(a) She will write a book about her experiences.
(b) She will prevent Zenia from returning.
(c) She will prevent West from leaving.
(d) She will bring emotional freedom to herself and others.

4. In Chapter 1, what is the topic of what Tony describes as one of her more convoluted lectures?
(a) The English Regency.
(b) The dynamics of spontaneous massacres.
(c) The Italian Renaissance.
(d) French colonialism.

5. Who does Tony describe in Chapter 1 as "a puzzle, a knot"?
(a) Zenia.
(b) West.
(c) Charis.
(d) Roz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony say at the beginning of Chapter 1 that Zenia would do "earnestly, with a catch in her voice, a quaver of suppressed grief, or... haltingly, as if confessing"?

2. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?

3. What date does Tony decide to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, from what does Zenia return?

5. What is the weather like on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?

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