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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Golden Vanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Hannah in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Liza.
(c) Alena.
(d) Mary.

2. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Pareidolia.
(c) Apoplexy.
(d) Mercurochrome.

3. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?
(a) Tonsil removal.
(b) Wisdom tooth removal.
(c) Gallbladder removal.
(d) Appendectomy.

4. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?
(a) Taking a drug.
(b) Inducing amnesia.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Indulging his desire for comfort.

5. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are colleagues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?

2. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?

3. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?

4. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?

5. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?

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