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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. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that "the brain does not like being" what (210)?
(a) "Questioned."
(b) "Controlled."
(c) "Typecast."
(d) "Repressed."

2. 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) Penne with gorgonzola and walnut sauce.
(b) Chargilled hake with chips.
(c) A slice of pizza.
(d) A burger and french fries.

3. What composer does the narrator say "has gone the way of those geniuses who fascinate in youth, retain a residual power in middle age, but later seem, if not embarrassing, somehow less relevant" in Chapter 2 (115)?
(a) Bach.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Beethhoven.

4. What does the narrator describe Mr. Ford trying to get him to drink after dinner on the weekend he visited in Chapter 2?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vodka.

5. What does the narrator switch to drinking while reading the first letter from the envelope from Veronica in Chapter 2?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wish Veronica had done with the letter he reads from the envelope she has given him in Chapter 2?

2. Where did Veronica's mother move after her husband died?

3. 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)?

4. How long after the narrator writes to him does John Ford respond in Chapter 2?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the protagonist meet Veronica for their third meeting in Chapter 2? How is this setting described?

2. Why does Margaret eventually tell the protagonist that he is on his own in Chapter 2?

3. How is Adrian's suicide compared to Robson's in the novel?

4. Who is T. J. Gunnell and why does the protagonist meet with him in Chapter 2?

5. What is the ultimate truth that the protagonist discovers regarding the mentally disabled man in Chapter 2?

6. What commentary does the narrator provide regarding the building of character in Chapter 2?

7. Who has possession of the second document bequeathed to the protagonist from Mrs. Ford? Why?

8. What advice does Margaret give to the protagonist when she first meets him for lunch to discuss his situation in Chapter 2?

9. What does the protagonist conclude about his journey and life in the conclusion of the novel?

10. Why does the protagonist begin frequenting a pub and store in North London in Chapter 2?

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