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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. Where did Colin attend college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Bristol.

3. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Kirk Douglas.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) James Stewart.

4. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What word from Chapter 2 refers to an inscription on a tomb in memory of the one buried there?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Stigmata.
(c) Oriole.
(d) Epitaph.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator told Alex that he wondered if who felt any responsibility for Adrian's suicide in Chapter 1?

2. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?

3. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. What does the narrator say he does now at the local hospital in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

5. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?

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