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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. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?
(a) Gold trading.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Ship-building.
(d) Marine insurance.

2. What was Veronica's father's profession when the narrator met her?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a civil servant.
(d) He was a teacher.

3. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?
(a) 6'.
(b) 5'2".
(c) 5'9".
(d) 5'5".

4. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?
(a) "Enterprising."
(b) "Discouraging."
(c) "Violent."
(d) "Corrupt."

5. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?

3. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?

4. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?

5. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?

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