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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 15,000.

2. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alena.
(b) Liza.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Alex.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?
(a) The doctor was pulling a prank.
(b) The doctor was a figment of the author's imagination.
(c) The doctor was exaggerating.
(d) The doctor was minimizing.

5. 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?
(a) A student.
(b) A librarian.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?

2. To whose apartment does the unnamed narrator go after he leaves the literary dinner in Part Three?

3. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?

4. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator choose the particular book he brings along on the residency?

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

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