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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of media was embedded within the art installation with which the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend interacted?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A sound recording.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A video.

2. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?
(a) Short.
(b) Shaved.
(c) Medium.
(d) Long.

3. How many women were left at the party when the unnamed narrator describes the scene in Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. For which method of transportation did the unnamed narrator advocate during her discussion with her tall, dark-haired friend?
(a) Boating.
(b) Riding a train.
(c) Hiring a car.
(d) Bicycling.

5. The unnamed narrator reflects in Los Angeles, 2011 that "every confidence is a kind of" (65) what?
(a) Request.
(b) Plea.
(c) Lie.
(d) Manipulation.

6. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her religious beliefs.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her political beliefs.

7. From what country did the artist featured in San Francisco, 2010 originally hail?
(a) Sweden.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Denmark.

8. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that she attended which college at the time she dated Virgilio?
(a) Yale.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Sarah Lawrence.
(d) Harvard.

9. In which Italian coastal town did the unnamed narrator spend part of the summer of 2000?
(a) Sorrento.
(b) Otranto.
(c) Scilla.
(d) Rimini.

10. At the opening of the section entitled San Francisco, 2010, the first exhibition of what kind of artist was being shown?
(a) Dance.
(b) Music.
(c) Sound.
(d) Video.

11. The unnamed narrator states that she realized only later that Artemisia had been "trapped in a" what "of her own design" (27)?
(a) Carnival.
(b) Closet.
(c) Hedge maze.
(d) Corridor.

12. The unnamed narrator recalls wondering "what it would feel like to push" which character "over the edge" (60) of the abyss?
(a) Dominique.
(b) Laura.
(c) John.
(d) Dylan.

13. The unnamed narrator reveals that she has been married how many times in her life?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

14. What tool did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend use to combat their discomfort with a particular element of life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Humor.
(c) Joy.
(d) Nonchalance.

15. In which subject did the unnamed narrator major for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Communications.
(c) English.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laura told the unnamed narrator that for a man, "telling people what you want makes you" (60) what?

2. Which member of Camila's family rarely spoke to the unnamed narrator during the trip to Italy in 2000?

3. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?

4. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?

5. In what state did Laura accept a fellowship around the same time the unnamed narrator moved away?

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