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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the wake, most of the attendees go to what location?
(a) To Fiona's house.
(b) To the funeral at the church.
(c) To Charlie's house.
(d) To Nico's apartment.

2. Who is the Director of Planned Giving at the university attached to Yale's workplace?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Nora.
(c) Jake.
(d) Cecily.

3. Who is Arnaud within the narrative?
(a) Fiona's uncle.
(b) Fiona's brother-in-law.
(c) A private investigator.
(d) Fiona's gardener.

4. Nico had been in a relationship with Terrence for how long prior to his own death?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. Besides Fiona, who was the only other member of Nico's family to embrace him throughout his life?
(a) Nico's grandfather.
(b) Nico's great-uncle Roger.
(c) Nico's great-aunt Nora.
(d) Nico's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose are most of Nico's family members congregating at the start of the novel?

2. To whom are the travelers paying a visit once they reach Wisconsin?

3. In what year does the narrative of the The Great Believers begin its story?

4. What items does Nora wish to donate to Yale's workplace?

5. Every time Nico introduced Fiona to someone new, he had said, "This is the lady who" (3) what?

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