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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One morning, the unnamed narrator wakes up to find that what noisy activity is going on nearby?
(a) Roof work.
(b) Yard work.
(c) Street hockey.
(d) Pressure washing.

2. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
(a) The spawning of salmon.
(b) The qualities of the equator.
(c) Pluto's demoted status.
(d) The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

3. To whose apartment does the unnamed narrator go after he leaves the literary dinner in Part Three?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jon.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Alena.

4. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Charles.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Norman.

5. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?
(a) Voice of reason.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the unnamed narrator arrive at his residency house?

2. 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?

3. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?

4. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?

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