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

2. During what decade did the narrator attend college?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1970s.

3. Who is described in Chapter 1 as "a cautious know-nothing who lacked the inventiveness of true ignorance" (13)?
(a) James.
(b) Marley.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Augustus.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that when teasing or calling his friends to seriousness, Adrian would address the narrator by what name?
(a) Tony.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Ton.
(d) Ant.

5. Why did Adrian write to the narrator during his senior year of college?
(a) To ask him to come on vacation wih him.
(b) To ask for permission to date Veronica.
(c) To tell him he was quitting school.
(d) To tell him he was committing suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What set Adrian Finn apart from the other boys, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What are Veronica's two middle names?

3. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

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

5. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?

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