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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color eyes does the narrator describe Veronica having in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue-grey.
(b) Deep brown.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Green.

2. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2 that "it ought to be obvious to us that time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a" what (119)?
(a) "Solvent."
(b) "Struggle."
(c) "Reminder."
(d) "Paste."

3. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "Adrian might attract people, but he never behaved as if he wanted" what?
(a) "Attention."
(b) "Disciples."
(c) "Adoration."
(d) "Critics."

4. What did Veronica's mother take up after the death of her husband?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Protesting.

5. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
(a) North London.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Kent.
(d) Chislehurst.

Short Answer Questions

1. In asking if characters change over time, the narrator states in Chapter 2, "Our attitudes and opinions change; we develop new habits and eccentricities; but that's something different, more like" what (194-195)?

2. In comparing himself to Adrian, the narrator notes in Chapter 2 that Adrian used logic whereas the narrator used what?

3. How much money did Mrs. Ford leave to the narrator in her will?

4. What does the narrator say he and his friends regarded as "a crypto-fascist plan for repressing our sex drive" (18)?

5. What does the narrator switch to drinking while reading the first letter from the envelope from Veronica in Chapter 2?

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