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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Delaware.
(c) New York.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) MOMA.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) The Smithsonian.

3. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Strand.
(c) Bronk.
(d) Cummings.

4. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
(a) A taxidermy shop.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A library.
(d) An auto body shop.

5. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) Joseph Kony.
(b) The Tooth Fairy.
(c) Polpot.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?

2. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?

3. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

4. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?

5. On what day of the week is the author scheduled to have a medical procedure done?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

2. Who is Roberto and what are his concerns about the world?

3. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

4. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

5. In what location does Alex ask the unnamed narrator to provide the sperm that will create her child and what is significant about her lack of eye contact in this moment?

6. What action by the author comprises the tender moment he experiences with Liza in a taxi in Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

7. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

8. What advice from Dr. Roberts does the author apply within "The Golden Vanity" and how does he apply it?

9. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

10. What event does the author recall at the end of the story "The Golden Vanity," causing him to conclude that the event had never happened?

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