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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) "Tragic."
(b) "An act of desperation."
(c) "Deplorable."
(d) "Despicable."

2. What composers did Veronica hate?
(a) Chopin and Pachelbel.
(b) Bach and Chopin.
(c) Bach and Beethoven.
(d) Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

3. What word from Chapter 1 means unsophisticated and socially awkward?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Gauche.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Petulant.

4. What does the narrator say he and his friends regarded as "a crypto-fascist plan for repressing our sex drive" (18)?
(a) History class.
(b) Physics class.
(c) School sports.
(d) English class.

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?
(a) One year later.
(b) Three years later.
(c) Two years later.
(d) Four years later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe the school he attended in Chapter 1?

2. What was Veronica's father's profession when the narrator met her?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 2, "I viewed my time with Veronica as" what (131)?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

5. What word in Chapter 1 means behaving in an obsequious way to gain advantage?

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