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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, to whom does Tony say that history is a construct?
(a) West.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Her students.
(d) Roz.

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

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what has been erased, bandaged over and deliberately snarled?
(a) Tony's career.
(b) Roz's marriage to Mitch.
(c) Zenia's accounts of herself.
(d) Tony's marriage to West.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, where does Tony have lunch?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?

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

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

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