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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Will, the Diary, and the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 means having a tendency to become liquid?
(a) Effervescent.
(b) Luminous.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Deliquescent.

2. Who does the narrator describe as making "philosophical objections to the perceived nature of reality" in Chapter 1 (18)?
(a) Himself.
(b) Colin.
(c) Alex.
(d) Adrian.

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

4. What poet does the narrator describe in Chapter 2 as having not ever run out of animals?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Ted Hughes.

5. Where does the narrator say that Phil Dixon came down from in order to teach his English class in Chapter 1?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Barbury.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?

3. Of England, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "...in this country shadings of class resist time longer than" what (138)?

4. About how many years has it been since the narrator visited the Ford family when the narrator receives the notice of Mrs. Ford's will in Chapter 2?

5. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?

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