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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. How old was Susan when she married?
(a) 19.
(b) 29.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.

2. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?
(a) "What others end up remembering."
(b) "The truth."
(c) "What happened."
(d) "The same as what you have witnessed."

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

4. From what material does the narrator describe Veronica's parents home constructed?
(a) Yellow brick.
(b) Red brick.
(c) White wood.
(d) Log.

5. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?
(a) Alex.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Colin.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say he and his friends wore their watches in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

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

4. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?

5. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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