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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Third Meeting, Adrian Ford, and the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator order for dinner at the pub when he goes on the third time he visits the pub in North London in Chapter 2?
(a) Chargilled hake with chips.
(b) Penne with gorgonzola and walnut sauce.
(c) A slice of pizza.
(d) A burger and french fries.

2. Of the letter, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both" (187). What does the narrator describe feeling?
(a) Insolence.
(b) Regret.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Retribution.

3. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot iron.
(b) A hot frying pan.
(c) A hot
(d) A hot knife.

4. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?
(a) Tomorrow Never Comes.
(b) I Capture the Castle.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Ulysses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the main themes/motifs in The Sense of an Ending?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he and his friends assured one another that the imagination's first duty was to be what?

3. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?

4. 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?

5. What poet is the author alluding to in Chapter 2 when he refers to "the road less travelled" (246)?

(see the answer key)

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