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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the narrator when he says that he had a moment when he admitted that his adventurousness had long since petered out?
(a) In his late 40s.
(b) In his late 20s.
(c) In his late 30s.
(d) In his early 40s.

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

3. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?
(a) Roast turkey.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Roast lamb.
(d) Roast chicken.

4. What river does the Wobbly Bridge cross?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Trent.
(d) The Severn.

5. Where did the narrator attend college?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?

2. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?

3. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

4. Of Adrian, the narrator states in Chapter 1, "We would remember him all our lives, of course. But his death was exemplary rather than" what (105)?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that "the brain does not like being" what (210)?

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