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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares character to what in Chapter 2, saying that the difference is that character peaks a little later?
(a) Time.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Wisdom.

2. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?
(a) Marine insurance.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Gold trading.
(d) Ship-building.

3. What are Veronica's two middle names?
(a) Sarah Michelle.
(b) Mary Anderson.
(c) Anne Elizabeth.
(d) Mary Elizabeth.

4. Where does the narrator describe walking along and looking at shops with Veronica and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
(a) Laxon Street.
(b) Oxford Street.
(c) Overford Street.
(d) Kent Street.

5. What does QED stand for?
(a) Quarter educational denouement.
(b) Quit educating delinquents.
(c) Quod erat demonstrandum.
(d) Query expecting delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparing himself to Adrian, the narrator notes in Chapter 2 that Adrian used logic whereas the narrator used what?

2. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that "the brain does not like being" what (210)?

4. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did she take up with a fellow who ran a restaurant?

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