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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years before the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2010 did the artist divorce her husband?
(a) Several.
(b) A dozen.
(c) A score.
(d) A couple.

2. How does the unnamed narrator describe the temperature of the nighttime air she encountered as she walked home at the end of Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) Cold.
(b) Hot.
(c) Balmy.
(d) Warm.

3. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that most psychologists "theorize the commonality of the so-called rape fantasy among heterosexual women as linked to" (24) what?
(a) Childhood abuse.
(b) Shame.
(c) Lust.
(d) Hatred.

4. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 23.

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

6. Artemisia and Pablo were originally from which country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Peru.
(d) Jamaica.

7. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

8. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?
(a) A coffee mug.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A teapot.
(d) A trash can.

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

10. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator attend graduate school, as described in Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Northwest.
(c) The Northeast.
(d) The Southwest.

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

12. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?
(a) Personal assistant.
(b) Cook.
(c) Concierge.
(d) Nanny.

13. 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.

14. What did the artist's husband use as evidence against her during their custody dispute?
(a) Her financial records.
(b) Her criminal record.
(c) Her art.
(d) Her journals.

15. What does the unnamed narrator cite as "the Perez family policy" (11)?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Vibrance.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the summer of 2000 used to be her what?

2. On what day of the week did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend visit the art gallery?

3. An excerpt from which famous writer's journal is used as an epigraph for Topics of Conversation?

4. How does the narrator say it makes her feel when someone tells her "a story, a secret, a sharing of confidence" (27)?

5. What emotion did the unnamed narrator feel when Artemisia finished her story in the section entitled Italy, 2000?

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