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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time discussed in Part Five, Alex's mother has recently been told that her cancer has spread to what area of her body?
(a) Her lung.
(b) Her heart.
(c) Her spine.
(d) Her brain.

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

3. The morning after engaging in a kiss with Alena at the train station, the unnamed narrator awakens in what location?
(a) In the Guggenheim.
(b) In Alex's apartment.
(c) In Sharon's apartment.
(d) In the Institute for Totaled Art.

4. When the unnamed narrator attends a party in Part Four, he finds that the guests in the kitchen are different from the other guests in what way?
(a) They are novelists.
(b) They are older.
(c) They are poets.
(d) They are younger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alena tells the unnamed narrator at the train station that she has hardly seen him in how many weeks?

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

3. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?

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

5. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?

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