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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Colin attend college?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

4. What was Veronica's father's profession when the narrator met her?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a butcher.
(c) He was an accountant.
(d) He was a civil servant.

5. Where did the narrator attend college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Bristol.

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

7. Where did Veronica depart to when she left after visiting the narrator and his friends in London in Chapter 1?
(a) Kent.
(b) Oxford.
(c) North London.
(d) Chislehurst.

8. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?
(a) The Charing X Hotel.
(b) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) The Windsor Hotel.
(d) The Marriott Hotel.

9. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Flute.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Oboe.
(d) Clarinet.

10. How old was Susan when she married?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 29.
(d) 24.

11. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. Of what poet did Phil Dixon say "Of course, we're all wondering what will happen when he runs out of animals" (16)?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

13. Where did Veronica's famliy live when she was in college?
(a) The West End.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Sutton.
(d) Kent.

14. The narrator says of he and his friends in Chapter 1, "All political systems and social systems appeared to us" to be what (22)?
(a) "Violent."
(b) "Discouraging."
(c) "Enterprising."
(d) "Corrupt."

15. What is Veronica's last name?
(a) Williams.
(b) Webster.
(c) Frank.
(d) Ford.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?

4. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?

5. During what decade did the narrator attend college?

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