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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the unnamed narrator's residency, he must have what objects mailed to his temporary address in Texas?
(a) Literary contracts.
(b) His agent's notes.
(c) Medications.
(d) Tax forms.

3. In what city is the novel 10:04 set?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

4. Rick tells the unnamed narrator in Part Five that he is "addicted to" what type of "message boards" (203)?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Movie.
(d) Anemia.

5. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?
(a) A check.
(b) A ring.
(c) A coin.
(d) A pill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emma tells Alex and the unnamed narrator that she hopes they are not rushing into what activity because of her illness?

2. How many photographs accompany a politician's quote presented on the novel's final page?

3. 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?

4. When the unnamed narrator feels "too tired to write" (173) one day during his residency he watches The Passion of Joan of Arc, the favorite film of which character?

5. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?

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