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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?
(a) After he has decided to go swimming.
(b) After he has already done a line.
(c) After he has had a few drinks.
(d) After he has gone swimming.

2. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Liza.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

3. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?
(a) New-York Presbyterian Hospital.
(b) St. Christopher Hospital.
(c) Kaiser-Permanente Hospital.
(d) El Camino Hospital.

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

5. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?

2. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?

3. How many years before narrative present did Noor's father die of a heart attack?

4. 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?

5. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?

(see the answer key)

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