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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 293-303.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two scents are said to have accompanied the colleagues of Grant's as they returned from their nights of debauchery?
(a) Perfume and sex.
(b) Desperation and desire.
(c) Dope and incense.
(d) Cinnamon and sugar.

2. What activity were Aubrey and his wife performing when Aubrey came down with the high fever that led to a coma?
(a) Writing.
(b) Vacationing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Taking a ceramics class.

3. What action does Fiona suggest to Grant that he take when he asks whether she will be done helping with the game soon?
(a) Ask the staff for a cup of coffee.
(b) Ask the staff for a glass of wine.
(c) Ask the staff for a milkshake.
(d) Ask the staff for a cup of tea.

4. When the narrator describes the families who visit residents of Meadowlake, which people are said to be "without apprehension" (297)?
(a) The youngest children.
(b) The wives.
(c) The husbands.
(d) The teenagers.

5. In what area of Meadowlake do Fiona and Aubrey go walking together?
(a) The conservatory.
(b) The back garden.
(c) The patio.
(d) The hallways.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Grant's affair with Jacqui, he always took what precaution in his future affairs?

2. What beverage does the narrator name as one Grant never drinks?

3. Grant recognizes that continuing his infidelity "might" have eventually "cost him" (289) what?

4. What object does Grant name in order to describe academic parties after the beginning of the sexual revolution?

5. What was NOT a consequence Grant suffered as a result of his dalliances with female students?

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