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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. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) I Capture the Castle.
(d) Tomorrow Never Comes.

2. Who among his group of friends does the narrator say everyone wrote the most to during college and wanted his approval?
(a) Alex.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Himself.
(d) Colin.

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

4. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?
(a) Adrian's.
(b) Alex's.
(c) Colin's.
(d) James's.

5. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?
(a) Jack Nicholson.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Kirk Douglas.
(d) John Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 1 as "a cautious know-nothing who lacked the inventiveness of true ignorance" (13)?

2. What are Veronica's two middle names?

3. By whom was Adrian raised?

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

5. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?

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