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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. The narrator compares character to what in Chapter 2, saying that the difference is that character peaks a little later?
(a) Time.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Kindness.

2. What poet does the narrator describe in Chapter 2 as having not ever run out of animals?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) James Joyce.

3. What is put under the chicken skin in France to make the dish Chicken in Half-Mourning?
(a) Pastrami.
(b) Onions.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Black truffles.

4. What did the notice say that Adrian pinned to the bathroom door before committing suicide (96-97)?
(a) "Call my parents and tell them I am sorry."
(b) "Do not enter - Call police - Adrian."
(c) "Call for help."
(d) "Goodbye."

5. Into what field did the narrator begin training after he left college?
(a) Stock brokerage.
(b) Law.
(c) Arts administration.
(d) International trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?

2. When does the narrator say a person's character peaks in Chapter 2?

3. The author says in Chapter 2 that "there's no fool like" what (246)?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

5. What does Veronica remark about the narrator's appearance when they meet at the Wobbly Bridge in Chapter 2?

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