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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 notes in Chapter 1, "Some Englishman once said that marriage is a long dull meal with" what "served first" (106)?
(a) "The salad."
(b) "The soup."
(c) "The pudding."
(d) "The cake."

2. What does the narrator say he had been "ever since [he] left school" in Chapter 2 (188)?
(a) Exemplary.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Average.

3. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?
(a) 2 years older.
(b) 5 months older.
(c) 1 year older.
(d) 8 months older.

4. What was featured on the postcard that the narrator recalls having sent Adrian in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wobbly Bridge.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Clifton Suspension Bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?

2. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?

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

4. What church does the narrator discover there had never been in Chislehurst in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator notes in Chapter 1, "I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you" do what (64)?

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