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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 notices that Hannah has what color hair, as well as a silver nose ring?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Light brown.
(d) Black.

2. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 27.
(b) 33.
(c) 42.
(d) 38.

3. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?
(a) A dog.
(b) A hay bale.
(c) A gaslight.
(d) A broom.

4. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Hannah in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alena.
(b) Mary.
(c) Liza.
(d) Sharon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?

2. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?

3. The morning of the author's planned blind date with Hannah, he calls which character to ask for company on the day of his medical procedure?

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

5. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?

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