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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Second Place?
(a) Rachel Cusack.
(b) Rachel Champagne.
(c) Rachel Cusk.
(d) Rachel Chaplain.

2. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

3. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?
(a) New York.
(b) L.A.
(c) Paris.
(d) The marsh.

4. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?
(a) To ask him to do an exhibit in her town.
(b) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(c) To tell him what a fan of his she was.
(d) To invite him to stay at her place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did M once see a musician who was staying in the second place to record bird songs doing?

2. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?

3. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?

4. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?

5. How does the narrator describe the freedom that L's painting emanated?

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