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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. 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) Colin's.
(c) James's.
(d) Alex's.

2. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Petulant.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Gauche.

3. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) Margaret I.
(c) Charles II.
(d) Henry VIII.

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

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did she take up with a fellow who ran a restaurant?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. Which of his friends does the narrator describe as denouncing his family in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Susan's husband?

4. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?

5. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?

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