View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What identity did Noor feel she had lost once she found out the true identity of her biological father?
(a) Pakistani.
(b) Indian.
(c) Italian.
(d) Lebanese.

2. What is NOT a source to which people have ascribed "the Marfa Lights," though scientists claim they are "atmospheric reflections" (192)?
(a) Ignis fatuus.
(b) Drones.
(c) UFOs.
(d) Ghosts.

3. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?
(a) Lebanese.
(b) Cuban.
(c) Iranian.
(d) Chilean.

4. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
(a) Pluto's demoted status.
(b) The spawning of salmon.
(c) The qualities of the equator.
(d) The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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

6. The only book the unnamed narrator brings to the residency is a book belonging to which genre?
(a) Science Fiction.
(b) Autobiography.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Mystery.

7. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?
(a) Breath of fresh air.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Memorial.
(d) Travesty.

8. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?
(a) A check.
(b) A ring.
(c) A pill.
(d) A coin.

9. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to sporadically communicate with Alex during his residency?
(a) Email.
(b) Skype.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Text messages.

10. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing.
(d) Bathing.

11. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?
(a) 30.
(b) 90.
(c) 60.
(d) 45.

12. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

13. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

14. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 6th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 4th.

15. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author at dinner that which of his body fluids is "abnormal" (121)?
(a) Semen.
(b) Urine.
(c) Blood.
(d) Saliva.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unnamed narrator describe in his comments at Columbia's School of Arts as the "shadow language to Reagan's official narrative processing of the national tragedy" (114)?

2. When the unnamed narrator feels "too tired to write" (173) one day during his residency he watches The Passion of Joan of Arc, the favorite film of which character?

3. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?

4. How many lines of what turns out to be ketamine does the unnamed narrator do at the party in Part Four?

5. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 504 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample