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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 scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?
(a) An image.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A poem.
(d) A chart.

2. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?
(a) Fun.
(b) Iconic.
(c) Memorable.
(d) Crucial.

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

4. 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?
(a) Autumnal.
(b) Haunting.
(c) Wintry.
(d) Summery.

5. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?
(a) The second Big Bang.
(b) The Second Coming of Christ.
(c) Another ice age.
(d) California sinking into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

3. 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?

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

5. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?

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