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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?
(a) The onset of nighttime.
(b) Manhattan's skyline.
(c) The small of a woman's back.
(d) A sunrise.

2. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?
(a) His tie.
(b) His comments.
(c) His smile.
(d) His story.

3. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author that his next book will involve a woman lying about having which malady?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Lupus.

4. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?
(a) Haunting.
(b) Autumnal.
(c) Summery.
(d) Wintry.

5. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Fool.
(d) Voice of reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What identity did Noor feel she had lost once she found out the true identity of her biological father?

2. What is the name of the old man who does so much cocaine at the party that it worries the unnamed narrator?

3. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?

4. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?

5. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?

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