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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 attend college?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Bristol.

2. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Robert Frost.

3. How old was Adrian when he committed suicide?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 22.
(d) 25.

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

5. Who attended Adrian's funeral?
(a) Only his family.
(b) Tony, Veronica, and Colin.
(c) Alex, Colin, and Tony.
(d) Alex, Colin, and Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. In asking if characters change over time, the narrator states in Chapter 2, "Our attitudes and opinions change; we develop new habits and eccentricities; but that's something different, more like" what (194-195)?

2. About how many years has it been since the narrator visited the Ford family when the narrator receives the notice of Mrs. Ford's will in Chapter 2?

3. What is put under the chicken skin in France to make the dish Chicken in Half-Mourning?

4. What contact information does the narrator receive for John Ford from Mrs. Marriott in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?

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