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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?
(a) Shark.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Octopus.
(d) Eel.

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

3. How old is the third-grader named Roberto?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) MOMA.

5. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?

2. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

3. How many images in total are presented within Part One of 10:04?

4. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?

5. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?

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