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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has the second document left to the narrator by Mrs. Ford, according to Mrs. Marriott in Chapter 2?
(a) Alex.
(b) Colin.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Jack.

2. How old was the narrator when he says that he had a moment when he admitted that his adventurousness had long since petered out?
(a) In his late 20s.
(b) In his late 40s.
(c) In his late 30s.
(d) In his early 40s.

3. What composer does the narrator say he still plays a lot of in Chapter 2?
(a) Bach.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Beethhoven.
(d) Dvorak.

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

5. What does Mrs. Marriott tell the narrator his other document is when he calls in Chapter 2?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A novel.
(c) A tax return.
(d) A diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?

2. What church does the narrator discover there had never been in Chislehurst in Chapter 2?

3. Of England, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "...in this country shadings of class resist time longer than" what (138)?

4. Where did Colin, Alex, and the narrator meet for drinks a year after Adrian's death?

5. The narrator notes in Chapter 1, "Some Englishman once said that marriage is a long dull meal with" what "served first" (106)?

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