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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Meeting, the Letter, the Second Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of his personal solicitor, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "He told me that going to the police and trying to persuade them to lay a charge of theft against a woman of mature years who had recently lost her mother would, in his view, be" what (132-133)?
(a) "Damning."
(b) "Permissable."
(c) "A terrible idea."
(d) "Foolish."

2. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?
(a) 5'2".
(b) 5'9".
(c) 5'5".
(d) 6'.

3. Why does Veronica tell the narrator she cannot give him Adrian's diary when they meet at the Wobbly Bridge in Chapter 2?
(a) Because she threw it in the river.
(b) Because she can't bear to part with it.
(c) Because she burned it.
(d) Because she gave it away.

4. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?
(a) 5 months older.
(b) 2 years older.
(c) 1 year older.
(d) 8 months older.

5. The narrator asserts in Chapter 2 that "it ought to be obvious to us that time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a" what (119)?
(a) "Paste."
(b) "Reminder."
(c) "Solvent."
(d) "Struggle."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he and his friends regarded as "a crypto-fascist plan for repressing our sex drive" (18)?

2. The narrator points out in Chapter 1 that "what you end up remembering isn't always" what (10)?

3. During what decade did the narrator attend college?

4. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?

5. What does QED stand for?

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