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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. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) December.

2. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A student.
(d) A doctor.

3. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?
(a) Roberto.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Alex.
(d) Stephen.

4. In what magazine was the section of the text entitled Part Two: The Golden Vanity originally published as a short story?
(a) The Atlantic Monthly.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Harper's.
(d) Vogue.

5. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Liza.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?

2. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?

3. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?

4. On what day of the week is the author scheduled to have a medical procedure done?

5. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?

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