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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 unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are colleagues.
(c) They are siblings.
(d) They are married.

3. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?
(a) The Sikhs.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The shamans.
(d) The Hassidim.

4. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

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) Aaron.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Alex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?

3. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?

4. 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?

5. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

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