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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. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A noose.
(b) An exposed light bulb.
(c) A barber pole.
(d) A set of prayer flags.

2. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?
(a) Alex.
(b) Natali.
(c) Bernard.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

3. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Cummings.
(b) Bronk.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Strand.

4. From what country did Roberto originally hail?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Peru.
(c) San Salvador.
(d) Venezuela.

5. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?
(a) Prospect Park.
(b) The east side of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Grand Army Plaza.

Short Answer Questions

1. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?

2. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?

3. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?

4. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

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

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