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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. What composer does the narrator say "has gone the way of those geniuses who fascinate in youth, retain a residual power in middle age, but later seem, if not embarrassing, somehow less relevant" in Chapter 2 (115)?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Beethhoven.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Bach.

2. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?
(a) That he was getting married.
(b) That he was in love.
(c) That he was quitting school.
(d) That he was moving away.

3. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A hot knife.
(b) A hot iron.
(c) A hot
(d) A hot frying pan.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 2, "Like most people, I have superstitions attached to" what (202)?
(a) "Walking across bridges."
(b) "Going to cemeteries."
(c) "Walking under ladders."
(d) "The taking of a journey."

5. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?
(a) Kent.
(b) Oxford.
(c) The West End.
(d) Sutton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparing himself to Adrian, the narrator notes in Chapter 2 that Adrian used logic whereas the narrator used what?

2. What does Veronica remark about the narrator's appearance when they meet at the Wobbly Bridge in Chapter 2?

3. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?

4. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?

5. What contact information does the narrator receive for John Ford from Mrs. Marriott in Chapter 2?

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