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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 tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?
(a) 6'.
(b) 5'5".
(c) 5'2".
(d) 5'9".

2. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Headlights.
(b) Torchbeams.
(c) Moonlight.
(d) Candlelight.

3. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot iron.
(b) A hot frying pan.
(c) A hot knife.
(d) A hot

4. What word from Chapter 2 means having a tendency to become liquid?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Deliquescent.
(c) Luminous.
(d) Effervescent.

5. Where did Colin, Alex, and the narrator meet for drinks a year after Adrian's death?
(a) The Marriott Hotel.
(b) The Metro Hotel.
(c) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(d) The Charing X Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?

2. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?

3. What composer does the narrator say "has gone the way of those geniuses who fascinate in youth, retain a residual power in middle age, but later seem, if not embarrassing, somehow less relevant" in Chapter 2 (115)?

4. What is Susan's husband's profession?

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

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