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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. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?
(a) Have him buried in his parents' cemetary plot.
(b) Have his remains shot to the moon.
(c) Have him cremated and scattered.
(d) Have his body cast into the sea.

2. 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)?
(a) "Constipated."
(b) "Pacing."
(c) "Thowing up."
(d) "Chain-smoking."

3. Of his personal solicitor the narrator says that he "is a calm, gaunt man who doesn't mind" what (132)?
(a) "Telling the truth."
(b) "Confrontation."
(c) "Conflict."
(d) "Silence."

4. Where does John Ford claim to be located when he contacts the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) The United States.
(b) London.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Singapore.

5. How did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susan's husband's profession?

2. What is the name of the song by the punk rock band led by a friend of the narrator's in Chapter 2?

3. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2 that "it ought to be obvious to us that time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a" what (119)?

4. How much money did Mrs. Ford leave to the narrator in her will?

5. What poet does the narrator describe in Chapter 2 as having not ever run out of animals?

(see the answer key)

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