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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 worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?
(a) Going to sleep.
(b) Inducing amnesia.
(c) Indulging his desire for comfort.
(d) Taking a drug.

2. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The kidney.
(b) The spine.
(c) The heart.
(d) The liver.

3. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?
(a) His ankle.
(b) His leg.
(c) His neck.
(d) His arm.

4. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
(a) A library.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A taxidermy shop.
(d) An auto body shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

2. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?

3. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?

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

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

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