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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 questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?
(a) "A raised voice."
(b) "A philosophical query."
(c) "A second hand."
(d) "A memory."

2. The narrator notes in Chapter 1, "I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you" do what (64)?
(a) Raise your voice.
(b) Gaze about the room.
(c) Remain silent.
(d) Lower your voice.

3. How did Robson kill himself?
(a) By overdose.
(b) By slitting his wrists.
(c) By shooting himself.
(d) By hanging.

4. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Sardonic.
(b) Hateful and mean.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Wryly affable.

5. Into what field did the narrator begin training after he left college?
(a) International trade.
(b) Law.
(c) Arts administration.
(d) Stock brokerage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of Adrian, the narrator states in Chapter 1, "We would remember him all our lives, of course. But his death was exemplary rather than" what (105)?

3. By whom was Adrian raised?

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

5. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?

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