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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. 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)?
(a) Remain silent.
(b) Gaze about the room.
(c) Raise your voice.
(d) Lower your voice.

2. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Alex.
(b) Paul.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Colin.

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

4. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Himself.
(c) Colin.
(d) Alex.

5. What is Susan's husband's profession?
(a) He is a baker.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the name of Susan's husband?

3. Where did Colin attend college?

4. Of Adrian, the narrator states in Chapter 1, "We would remember him all our lives, of course. But his death was exemplary rather than" what (105)?

5. What is the name of the song by the punk rock band led by a friend of the narrator's in Chapter 2?

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