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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. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that when teasing or calling his friends to seriousness, Adrian would address the narrator by what name?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Ant.
(c) Ton.
(d) Tony.

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

3. Who does the narrator describe as the one who mocked the political system in Chapter 1?
(a) Alex.
(b) Colin.
(c) Himself.
(d) Adrian.

4. What are Veronica's two middle names?
(a) Anne Elizabeth.
(b) Mary Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah Michelle.
(d) Mary Anderson.

5. 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) "Violent."
(c) "Discouraging."
(d) "Corrupt."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

2. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?

4. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?

5. How did Adrian commit suicide?

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