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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Italy, 2000 and Ann Arbor, 2002.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say it makes her feel when someone tells her "a story, a secret, a sharing of confidence" (27)?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Amorous.
(d) Covetous.

2. Artemisia's advice to the unnamed narrator was that children crave what?
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Independence.
(c) Disapproval.
(d) Affection.

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

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

5. On what part of the unnamed narrator's body did Artemisia place her hand, as described at the end of Italy, 2000?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that she realized only later that Artemisia had been "trapped in a" what "of her own design" (27)?

2. With which character did the unnamed narrator live in 2002?

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

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

5. In which subject did the unnamed narrator major for her undergraduate degree?

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