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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the "two sorts of women" does the narrator assert Margaret to be in Chapter 2 (124)?
(a) Clear-edged.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Manipulative.

2. The narrator told Alex that he wondered if who felt any responsibility for Adrian's suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) His philosophy tutors.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

3. Of England, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "...in this country shadings of class resist time longer than" what (138)?
(a) "Decades of reason."
(b) "Differentials in age."
(c) "Political agendas."
(d) "Popular culture."

4. Where did the narrator attend college?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Bristol.

5. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) Two months ago.
(b) One month ago.
(c) Three weeks ago.
(d) Three months ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

3. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?

4. What composers did Veronica hate?

5. What does Mrs. Marriott tell the narrator his other document is when he calls in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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