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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Adrian's Suicide and the Current State of Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?
(a) He was struggling in school.
(b) He was too clever.
(c) He was depressive.
(d) He impregnated his girlfriend.

2. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?
(a) Colin.
(b) Alex.
(c) Mrs. Ford.
(d) Mr. Ford.

3. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A striped sweater and slacks.
(c) A coat jacket and jeans.
(d) A three-piece suit.

4. What word in Chapter 1 means behaving in an obsequious way to gain advantage?
(a) Sycophantic.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Petulant.
(d) Sarcastic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the action of clearing blame of someone?

2. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?

3. 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)?

4. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?

5. What is Veronica's last name?

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