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

2. What is the name of the two-disc boxed set by Donovan that the narrator describes having owned in college in Chapter 1?
(a) Barbabajagal.
(b) What's Bin Di and What's Bin Hid.
(c) Cosmic Wheels.
(d) A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.

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

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) Lower your voice.
(b) Gaze about the room.
(c) Raise your voice.
(d) Remain silent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field did Alex tell Veronica his father was in business in Chapter 1?

2. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?

3. How did Robson kill himself?

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

5. What composers did Veronica hate?

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