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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Veronica and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?
(a) "A philosophical query."
(b) "A second hand."
(c) "A raised voice."
(d) "A memory."

2. In discussing modern dating, the narrator says in Chapter 1, "This made me feel like a survivor from some antique, bypassed culture whose members were still using" what "as a form of monetary exchange" (45)?
(a) "Dirt."
(b) "Turnips."
(c) "Potatoes."
(d) "Salt."

3. 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) School sports.
(c) English class.
(d) Physics class.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 1, "I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you" do what (64)?
(a) Gaze about the room.
(b) Raise your voice.
(c) Lower your voice.
(d) Remain silent.

5. Phil Dixon once compared a Shakespearean to what actor?
(a) James Stewart.
(b) Kirk Douglas.
(c) Jack Nicholson.
(d) John Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?

2. What does the narrator describe being tossed into a wet sink, causing it to steam in the opening of Chapter 1?

3. Who does the narrator describe as the one who mocked the political system in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Colin attend college?

5. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?

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