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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1980.

2. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 2,500.

3. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?
(a) The intern.
(b) Monika.
(c) Diane.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

4. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?
(a) A supermarket.
(b) A gas station.
(c) An organic grocery store.
(d) A farmers' market.

5. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?
(a) $300.
(b) $100.
(c) $200.
(d) $150.

Short Answer Questions

1. It alarms the unnamed narrator when his former student uses what phrase to describe O'Brien's poems in the book Metropole?

2. Alex tells the unnamed narrator to remember that he had felt responsible for his mother's diagnosis of what malady?

3. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?

4. The unnamed narrator sees the lack of change in his and Alex's relationship after sex as proving what aspect of their relationship?

5. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

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