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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 Kurt?
(a) M's first husband.
(b) Justine's boyfriend.
(c) Tony's brother.
(d) A musician who stayed in the second place.

2. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Free.
(c) Driven.
(d) Creative.

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

4. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?
(a) Self-portrait.
(b) Landscape.
(c) Still life.
(d) Abstract.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?

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

3. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?

4. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?

5. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

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