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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 314-323.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?
(a) His friends.
(b) His suicidal former lover.
(c) Fiona's parents.
(d) Feminists.

2. Grant thinks to himself that Marian would "probably be good in" (318) what type of scenario?
(a) A broken elevator.
(b) A bomb scare.
(c) A heat wave.
(d) A crisis.

3. 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 teenagers.
(c) The wives.
(d) The husbands.

4. When Grant describes the sexual revolution as an "epidemic," (302) what malady does he name?
(a) Herpes.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) The Spanish flu.

5. When Grant starts to visit Fiona only twice per week, on what two days does he always visit?
(a) Wednesdays and Saturdays.
(b) Fridays and Mondays.
(c) Saturdays and Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays and Sundays.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what period of time had Fiona suddenly developed an interest in Iceland, reading about famous visitors like W.H. Auden and William Morris?

2. Who comes to pick up Aubrey when he leaves Meadowlake?

3. What item does Kristy say Fiona will need soon if she does not get more exercise?

4. What country is NOT named as one to which Fiona and Grant had traveled during one of their winters after retirement?

5. What piece of information does Marian request from Grant about Fiona?

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