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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. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "Like most people, I have superstitions attached to" what (202)?
(a) "The taking of a journey."
(b) "Walking across bridges."
(c) "Going to cemeteries."
(d) "Walking under ladders."

2. What composers did Veronica hate?
(a) Bach and Chopin.
(b) Bach and Beethoven.
(c) Chopin and Pachelbel.
(d) Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

3. Which of the "two sorts of women" does the narrator assert Margaret to be in Chapter 2 (124)?
(a) Clear-edged.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Manipulative.

4. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) James Joyce.

5. What river does the Wobbly Bridge cross?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Severn.
(c) The Trent.
(d) The Nile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Veronica's mother take up after the death of her husband?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, the narrator describes a line that Adrian used to quote. "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of" what (113)?

3. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

5. Where does John Ford claim to be located when he contacts the narrator in Chapter 2?

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