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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 does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?
(a) Tony's own art work.
(b) Tony's marriage.
(c) Zenia's beginning.
(d) Zenia's family.

2. In Chapter 5, what do Tony, Roz and Charis talk about when they lunch together?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Love.
(c) Men.
(d) War.

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

4. What is the name of the shop at which Charis works?
(a) La Magnifique.
(b) Luminessence.
(c) Crystal Palace.
(d) Radiance.

5. What interests Tony more than births and deaths and marriages?
(a) Wars.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what has been erased, bandaged over and deliberately snarled?

3. Who says in Chapter 1 that "A disaster is a disaster; those hurt by it remain hurt, those killed remain killed, the rubble remains rubble"?

4. When Charis sees Zenia at Toxique in Chapter 10, what does she see swirling around Zenia?

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

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