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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Iranian.
(c) Cuban.
(d) Chilean.

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

4. How many years before narrative present did Noor's father die of a heart attack?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. During the unnamed narrator's residency, he must have what objects mailed to his temporary address in Texas?
(a) Tax forms.
(b) His agent's notes.
(c) Literary contracts.
(d) Medications.

6. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?
(a) Totaled.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Impressionistic.
(d) Pop.

7. Alena puts the pieces of a shattered sculpture by which artist into the unnamed narrator's hands?
(a) Jeff Koons.
(b) Henri Matisse.
(c) Andy Warhol.
(d) Salvador Dali.

8. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?
(a) Flour.
(b) Blood.
(c) Paint.
(d) Makeup.

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

10. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?
(a) Do it all.
(b) Read the horoscope.
(c) Take no chances.
(d) Be very careful.

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

12. What is the name of the single book the unnamed narrator brings along with him for his residency in Texas?
(a) Specimen Days.
(b) Creosote Days.
(c) Evolution Days.
(d) Natural Days.

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

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

15. The unnamed narrator's residency house is located across the street from which poet's former home?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Robert Creeley.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Mark Strand.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?

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

3. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?

4. The unnamed narrator guesses that the receptionist at the fertility office is how old?

5. The unnamed narrator compares the experience of looking at Judd's works with the experience of looking at what other object?

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