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

2. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?
(a) Barbury.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

3. What color eyes does the narrator describe Veronica having in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue-grey.
(b) Deep brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

4. 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) "Discouraging."
(b) "Enterprising."
(c) "Corrupt."
(d) "Violent."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?

2. The narrator told Alex that he wondered if who felt any responsibility for Adrian's suicide in Chapter 1?

3. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?

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. 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)?

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