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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what field did the narrator begin training after he left college?
(a) International trade.
(b) Stock brokerage.
(c) Law.
(d) Arts administration.

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

3. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?
(a) The London Daily Times.
(b) The Cambridge Evening News.
(c) The London Metro.
(d) The Oxford Evening News.

4. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

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

6. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
(a) To tell you when to have a baby.
(b) To punish womankind.
(c) To tell you you are not pregnant.
(d) To cause pain and agony.

7. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?
(a) Have him buried in his parents' cemetary plot.
(b) Have his remains shot to the moon.
(c) Have his body cast into the sea.
(d) Have him cremated and scattered.

8. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

9. By whom was Adrian raised?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

10. What does the narrator describe having for Sunday lunch at Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1?
(a) Roast lamb.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Roast chicken.
(d) Roast turkey.

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

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

13. What did Adrian tell Alex as they said goodbye the last time that Alex saw him?
(a) That he was moving away.
(b) That he was getting married.
(c) That he was quitting school.
(d) That he was in love.

14. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) What one leaves as a legacy.
(b) Life and death.
(c) The decision to commit suicide or not.
(d) Birth, copulation, and death.

15. From what material does the narrator describe Veronica's parents home constructed?
(a) White wood.
(b) Log.
(c) Red brick.
(d) Yellow brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What is Susan's husband's profession?

3. Where did Colin attend college?

4. How much older is Veronica than the narrator?

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

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