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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe Veronica having had a flask of when they went to see Severn Bore in Chapter 2?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Hot chocolate.

2. The narrator says in Chapter 2 that "all the time [he] was going out with Veronica, [he] found her many things--alluring, mysterious, disapproving--but never" what (260)?
(a) "Beautiful."
(b) "Sexy."
(c) "Boring."
(d) "Kind."

3. What is the name of the pub in North London that the narrator begins frequenting in Chapter 2?
(a) The Henry VIII.
(b) The Elizabeth I.
(c) The William IV.
(d) The White Horse.

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

5. Where is the brasserie on the third floor of John Lewis located that Veronica chooses to meet the narrator at in Chapter 2?
(a) Oxford Street.
(b) Newbury Street.
(c) Buford Street.
(d) Manson Street.

6. What is the narrator's last name?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Webster.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Smith.

7. What was Mrs. Ford's first name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Anne.
(c) Opal.
(d) Marie.

8. What is one of the main themes/motifs in The Sense of an Ending?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Fatherhood.
(c) Time.
(d) Murder.

9. In the beginning of Chapter 2, the narrator describes a line that Adrian used to quote. "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of" what (113)?
(a) "A balanced story."
(b) "The truth."
(c) "Perception."
(d) "Documentation."

10. Who writes to the narrator from Messrs. Coyle, Innes and Black in Chapter 2?
(a) Janet Williams.
(b) Rebecca Anderson.
(c) Anne Collier.
(d) Eleanor Marriott.

11. What word from Chapter 2 means sulky or bad-tempered?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Petulant.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Passive.

12. What does the narrator say he does not like in Chapter 2?
(a) Petulance.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Mess.

13. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "I don't envy Adrian his death, but I do envy him" what (197)?
(a) "His love for Veronica."
(b) "The clarity of his life."
(c) "His fame."
(d) "His ability to use logic."

14. Of his personal solicitor, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "He told me that going to the police and trying to persuade them to lay a charge of theft against a woman of mature years who had recently lost her mother would, in his view, be" what (132-133)?
(a) "A terrible idea."
(b) "Permissable."
(c) "Damning."
(d) "Foolish."

15. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "Like most people, I have superstitions attached to" what (202)?
(a) "Walking under ladders."
(b) "Walking across bridges."
(c) "The taking of a journey."
(d) "Going to cemeteries."

Short Answer Questions

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

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. When the narrator had said to Joe Hunt that "history was the lies of the victors," he had replied by saying, "As long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of" whom (230)?

4. For how long does Veronica say her father has been dead when she responds to the narrator's query about him in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2, "Someone once said that his favorite times in history were when things were collapsing, because that meant" what (198)?

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