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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 137 - 182).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?
(a) Work.
(b) An opening at the Kunstmuseum.
(c) At a bar.
(d) At an alumni event.

2. Why is Adriaan traveling in Chapter 7?
(a) To buy a house outside the country.
(b) To see his sick mother.
(c) To ask his wife, Gaby, for a divorce.
(d) To go to his brother's wedding.

3. What does the narrator tell the former president her job is?
(a) To lie low.
(b) To make the space between languages as small as possible.
(c) To be accurate.
(d) To be objective.

4. Why does Jana say she has not been in touch with the narrator?
(a) She has been busy with a new boyfriend.
(b) The exhibition has taken up all her time.
(c) She has been busy traveling.
(d) She has been sick.

5. Which friends of Anton's does he tell a demeaning story about at dinner?
(a) Jennifer and Sven.
(b) Marco and Sally.
(c) Lars and Lotte.
(d) Helen and Stephen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?

2. Who did Adriaan's house once belong to?

3. How did Jana react when the narrator first told her about Adriaan?

4. What does Jana compliment Adriaan on that seems ridiculous to the narrator?

5. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

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