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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Veronica and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?
(a) "Corrupt."
(b) "Enterprising."
(c) "Discouraging."
(d) "Violent."

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

3. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Bristol.

4. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Hateful and mean.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Wryly affable.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What composers did Veronica hate?

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

4. When going to visit Veronica's parents, the narrator worried that his suitcase was so big it make him look like what?

5. 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?

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