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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. Where did Colin, Alex, and the narrator meet for drinks a year after Adrian's death?
(a) The Marriott Hotel.
(b) The Charing X Hotel.
(c) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(d) The Metro Hotel.

2. What does the narrator say he had been "ever since [he] left school" in Chapter 2 (188)?
(a) Exemplary.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Average.

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)?
(a) "Paste."
(b) "Reminder."
(c) "Struggle."
(d) "Solvent."

4. What was featured on the postcard that the narrator recalls having sent Adrian in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wobbly Bridge.
(b) The Clifton Suspension Bridge.
(c) The Alps.
(d) The Empire State Building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Colin attend college?

2. What river does the Wobbly Bridge cross?

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

4. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?

5. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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