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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of drink did Joan get John when they came from visiting Quintana?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Martini.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

2. When John's funeral took place, how many months had it been since Quintana's wedding?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

3. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?
(a) The Forsaken Merman.
(b) The Buried Life.
(c) Dover Beach.
(d) A Dream.

4. How many widowers were studied in the United Kingdom, according to a report in "The Lancet"?
(a) 5,642 widowers.
(b) 4,486 widowers.
(c) 3,489 widowers.
(d) 2,124 widowers.

5. What was the name of the book John was reading the night he died?
(a) Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War of 1914?
(b) The Pity of War Explaining World War I.
(c) The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War.
(d) The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John die?

2. What was the date of John's funeral?

3. When did Joan begin writing the book, "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

4. How many days after her husband's death did Joan write a few lines about the way life changes in an instant?

5. When did Joan interview Teresa Heinz Kerry?

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