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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. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Podcast.
(c) Radio.
(d) Television.

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

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?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Fool.
(c) Voice of reason.
(d) Antagonist.

4. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

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

3. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?

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?

5. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?

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