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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Adrian's Suicide and the Current State of Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?
(a) "Einstein and Heidegger."
(b) "Camus and Nietzsche."
(c) "Joyce and Beckett."
(d) "Frost and Poe."

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's firstborn child?
(a) Maria.
(b) Annie.
(c) Susie.
(d) Sarah.

4. Who wrote to the narrator to inform him of Adrian's suicide?
(a) Alex.
(b) Mrs. Ford.
(c) Colin.
(d) Mr. Ford.

5. What is the river that runs upstream lit by, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Torchbeams.
(c) Candlelight.
(d) Headlights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Adrian when he committed suicide?

2. The narrator questions in Chapter 1 whether there is "anything more plausible than" what (11)?

3. How did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?

4. What is Susan's husband's profession?

5. Who attended Adrian's funeral?

(see the answer key)

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