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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
(a) Expanding his novel into a series.
(b) Collapsing his novel into a short story.
(c) Expanding his book of poetry into a novel.
(d) Expanding his short story into a novel.

2. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?
(a) A chart.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) An image.
(d) A poem.

3. The unnamed narrator must leave in the middle of Noor's story one day during their shift to check if which item is in stock?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Artichokes.
(c) Figs.
(d) Dried mangoes.

4. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Grand Army Plaza.
(d) The east side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Alena and Peter react to the unnamed narrator's response to the art in Alena's apartment?

2. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?

3. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?

4. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?

5. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?

(see the answer key)

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