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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
(a) Oxford.
(b) North London.
(c) Kent.
(d) Chislehurst.

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

4. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Barbury.

5. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?
(a) 5'9".
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'2".
(d) 5'5".

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes in Chapter 1, "I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you" do what (64)?

2. Of Adrian, the narrator states in Chapter 1, "We would remember him all our lives, of course. But his death was exemplary rather than" what (105)?

3. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?

4. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the protagonist and Alex conclude regarding Adrian's suicide?

2. What exchange takes place between the protagonist and Mrs. Ford when they are alone during breakfast when he visits?

3. How is Veronica's visit to London described when she goes to meet the protagonist's friends?

4. How is the intimacy between the protagonist and Veronica described during their courtship and after?

5. Who is Old Joe Hunt and what role does he play in the narrative?

6. Why does the protagonist feel that Veronica may be partly to blame for Adrian's suicide?

7. How does the dynamic of the narrator's group of friend's change with the introduction of Adrian?

8. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?

9. What differences can be seen between Veronica and the protagonist during their courtship?

10. Why do the protagonist and his friends urge Adrian to investigate his parents' divorce in Chapter 1?

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