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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

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

3. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?
(a) Another ice age.
(b) The Second Coming of Christ.
(c) The second Big Bang.
(d) California sinking into the sea.

4. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?
(a) The narrator's newest novel has just been completed.
(b) The agent's promotion.
(c) The narrator's previous novel had been purchased for movie rights.
(d) The narrator's next novel had been a hot commodity among the major publishing houses.

5. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?
(a) Eel.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Octopus.
(d) Shark.

6. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?
(a) Fun.
(b) Memorable.
(c) Iconic.
(d) Crucial.

7. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?
(a) Geology.
(b) Dance.
(c) Music.
(d) Great novels.

8. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?
(a) His leg.
(b) His neck.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His arm.

9. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Patton.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Napoleon.

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

11. What action does the author take in his final comment to Liza during their walk, as he also tells Liza to "shut up" (64)?
(a) He frowns.
(b) He sighs.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He shoves her.

12. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jon.
(c) David.
(d) Dr. Andrews.

13. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?
(a) An infant.
(b) A elderly person.
(c) A kindergartener.
(d) A toddler.

14. "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) Fool.
(b) Voice of reason.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Protagonist.

15. The unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

2. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?

3. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

4. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

5. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?

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