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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. How did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Gregarious.

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

3. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?
(a) Chislebury.
(b) North London.
(c) East London.
(d) Central London.

4. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Gauche.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Petulant.
(d) Elusive.

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?
(a) One year later.
(b) Two years later.
(c) Three years later.
(d) Four years later.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom was Adrian presumably in love when he committed suicide?

2. What word from Chapter 2 means having a tendency to become liquid?

3. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?

4. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?

5. About how many years has it been since the narrator visited the Ford family when the narrator receives the notice of Mrs. Ford's will in Chapter 2?

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