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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home: Easy Money for the Professionals, A Present, Memories of Matty, Straight Dilemmas No. 1, Eating Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Courting Disaster, Renton claims to have a passion for what philosopher?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Plato.
(c) Mill.
(d) Hegel.

2. What reason does Renton offer the next morning for sleeping in Dianne's flat?
(a) He lost the key to his flat.
(b) He fell asleep in the taxi they shared.
(c) He is her cousin from out of town.
(d) He felt ill the night before.

3. What source of income are Spud and Renton trying to protect in Speedy Recruitment?
(a) Food stamps.
(b) Drug mule fees.
(c) Free health care.
(d) Unemployment.

4. What sets off Uncle Charlie in Bang to Rites?
(a) Renton's sloppy drinking.
(b) Renton's chatting up Nina.
(c) Renton's comments about Ulster.
(d) Renton's smart speech.

5. What did Billy and Mark most often fight over?
(a) Renton's addictive disposition.
(b) Hibs-Hearts rivalry.
(c) Politics.
(d) What to watch on television.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Renton crash when he comes to Scotland for Matty's funeral in A Present?

2. How does Renton describe his brother in the wake?

3. Where does Renton recall OD'ing at the beginning of this chapter?

4. What playwright does Renton talk to the English girls in In Overdrive about?

5. At the end of In Overdrive, Sick Boy has a creed against what?

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