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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relapsing: Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense, The Glass, A Disappointment, Cock Problems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Begbie berate Stevie in Victory on New Year's Day?
(a) He left the neighborhood.
(b) He is being sullen.
(c) She is not a Hearts fan.
(d) He won't do a shot.

2. Why are Temps and Tommy surprised during the row in Her Man?
(a) The rest of the pub joins in.
(b) The lowlife begins to cry.
(c) Ho one breaks it up.
(d) The abused woman attacks Tommy.

3. In Junk Dilemma No. 63, to what does Renton compare his heroin high?
(a) A sea.
(b) Sex.
(c) A great movie.
(d) A roller coaster.

4. What does Renton reflect on at the end of Junk Dilemma No. 63?
(a) How he can no longer get an erection.
(b) How he has missed an Iggy Pop concert.
(c) How junk will eventually kill him.
(d) How his parents do not respect him.

5. How does Tommy react to the row at the nearby table in Her Man?
(a) He talks the couple down.
(b) He slaps the woman.
(c) He storms out of the bar.
(d) He attacks the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Renton have to rummage through his own filth in The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival?

2. At the end of The Glass, Renton reflects that he spent much of his childhood doing what?

3. Why is Begbie disappointed in A Disappointed?

4. What performer's concert has Tommy bought tickets to in Scotland Takes Drugs in Psychic Defense?

5. What does Stevie tell Stella before leaving for Edinburgh in Victory on New Year's Day?

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