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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are colleagues.
(c) They are siblings.
(d) They are cousins.

2. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Delaware.

3. The unnamed narrator guesses that the receptionist at the fertility office is how old?
(a) 25.
(b) 38.
(c) 18.
(d) 70.

4. The morning of the author's planned blind date with Hannah, he calls which character to ask for company on the day of his medical procedure?
(a) Josh.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Liza.

5. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?
(a) The fertility clinic.
(b) The library.
(c) The porn theater.
(d) The gay bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?

2. Which element of the physical world never gives the unnamed narrator a "little thrill" (107)?

3. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

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

5. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?

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