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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. 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.

2. What was McClung Hall before it became an office building?
(a) A women's residence hall.
(b) A new age store.
(c) A candle shop.
(d) A men's residence hall.

3. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?
(a) In a public park.
(b) In Lebanon, where Zenia was killed.
(c) Under a tree at the cemetery.
(d) In the ocean.

4. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?
(a) Wars mark them.
(b) The birth of kings and other rulers dictate them.
(c) There is always one clear choice.
(d) All choices are arbitrary.

5. What does Tony believe has helped her gain acceptance in the traditionally male field of the study of the history of warfare?
(a) Her brilliant doctoral dissertation.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her tiny size.
(d) Her great intellect.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Over what lake does a breeze blow at the end of Chapter 1?

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

5. Which of the following is not a trait Roz likes about her homosexual male assistant, Boyce?

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