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

2. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Oboe.
(b) Flute.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Saxophone.

3. What word from Chapter 2 refers to an inscription on a tomb in memory of the one buried there?
(a) Epitaph.
(b) Oriole.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Stigmata.

4. How long ago does the solicitor say Mrs. Ford's will was drawn up in Chapter 2?
(a) Five years ago.
(b) Twenty years ago.
(c) Six years ago.
(d) Two years ago.

5. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?
(a) The Oxford Evening News.
(b) The London Metro.
(c) The London Daily Times.
(d) The Cambridge Evening News.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator's father blame when he found the narrator reading The Communist Manifesto?

2. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?

3. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?

4. 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)?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "Adrian might attract people, but he never behaved as if he wanted" what?

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