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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 states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?
(a) "Joyce and Beckett."
(b) "Einstein and Heidegger."
(c) "Frost and Poe."
(d) "Camus and Nietzsche."

2. What is Veronica's last name?
(a) Frank.
(b) Williams.
(c) Ford.
(d) Webster.

3. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?
(a) Himself.
(b) Colin.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Alex.

4. What is the name of Veronica's brother?
(a) James.
(b) Jack.
(c) Joseph.
(d) William.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he and his friends assured one another that the imagination's first duty was to be what?

2. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Why did Adrian write to the narrator during his senior year of college?

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