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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 is put under the chicken skin in France to make the dish Chicken in Half-Mourning?
(a) Onions.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Pastrami.
(d) Black truffles.

2. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?
(a) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(b) The Charing X Hotel.
(c) The Windsor Hotel.
(d) The Marriott Hotel.

3. 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)?
(a) "The truth."
(b) "Documentation."
(c) "Perception."
(d) "A balanced story."

4. Who is described in Chapter 1 as "a cautious know-nothing who lacked the inventiveness of true ignorance" (13)?
(a) Marley.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Augustus.
(d) James.

5. What is the name of the song by the punk rock band led by a friend of the narrator's in Chapter 2?
(a) "Tomorrow Never Comes."
(b) "Yesterday."
(c) "Every Day is Sunday."
(d) "Down with Society."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?

2. What did Veronica's father die from?

3. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?

4. During what decade did the narrator attend college?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "Like most people, I have superstitions attached to" what (202)?

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