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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does QED stand for?
(a) Quit educating delinquents.
(b) Query expecting delivery.
(c) Quod erat demonstrandum.
(d) Quarter educational denouement.

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

3. How did Adrian commit suicide?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He cut his wrists.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He overdosed on pills.

4. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?
(a) The Oxford Evening News.
(b) The London Daily Times.
(c) The Cambridge Evening News.
(d) The London Metro.

5. 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)?
(a) "A lawbreaker."
(b) "Depressed."
(c) "An outlaw."
(d) "Mad."

6. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?
(a) "What others end up remembering."
(b) "What happened."
(c) "The truth."
(d) "The same as what you have witnessed."

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

8. What is the name of Susan's husband?
(a) James.
(b) William.
(c) Ken.
(d) Andrew.

9. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?
(a) James Stewart.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) Kirk Douglas.

10. Who does the narrator describe as the one who mocked the political system in Chapter 1?
(a) Colin.
(b) Himself.
(c) Alex.
(d) Adrian.

11. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?
(a) That he was moving away.
(b) That he was getting married.
(c) That he was quitting school.
(d) That he was in love.

12. From what material does the narrator describe Veronica's parents home constructed?
(a) Red brick.
(b) Log.
(c) White wood.
(d) Yellow brick.

13. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Marine insurance.
(c) Gold trading.
(d) Ship-building.

14. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Hateful and mean.
(b) Wryly affable.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Sardonic.

15. Where did the narrator attend college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Bristol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

3. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?

4. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?

5. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?

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