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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?
(a) The library.
(b) The gay bar.
(c) The fertility clinic.
(d) The porn theater.

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

3. In what magazine was the section of the text entitled Part Two: The Golden Vanity originally published as a short story?
(a) Harper's.
(b) The Atlantic Monthly.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Vogue.

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) 9.
(d) 7.

5. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?
(a) 20.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?

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

4. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

5. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?

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