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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Golden Vanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A technical school.
(b) A private high school.
(c) A charter school.
(d) A college.

2. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

3. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?
(a) 2012.
(b) 1912.
(c) 2016.
(d) 1883.

5. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?
(a) Enlisting others to help.
(b) Claiming that she would have no part in it.
(c) Listing its dangers.
(d) Listing its pros and cons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?

2. 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?

3. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?

4. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?

5. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?

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