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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Paul.
(c) Charles.
(d) Norman.

2. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?
(a) A ring.
(b) A coin.
(c) A check.
(d) A pill.

3. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
(a) Expanding his short story into a novel.
(b) Expanding his novel into a series.
(c) Expanding his book of poetry into a novel.
(d) Collapsing his novel into a short story.

4. What action does the intern take at the party without seeming to realize he is doing it?
(a) Goes for a walk.
(b) Vomits on himself.
(c) Insults the host.
(d) Dives into the pool.

5. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?
(a) Pop.
(b) Totaled.
(c) Impressionistic.
(d) Baroque.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lines of what turns out to be ketamine does the unnamed narrator do at the party in Part Four?

2. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?

3. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?

4. The distinguished female author tells the unnamed narrator that when she was in the first grade, she openly laughed when given the news that which person had died?

5. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

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