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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?
(a) The library.
(b) The fertility clinic.
(c) The gay bar.
(d) The porn theater.

2. On what type of object does the unnamed narrator recline while trying to conceive a child at Alex's mother's house?
(a) A futon.
(b) A mattress.
(c) A sofa bed.
(d) A cot.

3. In what year of college was Alex enrolled when she met the unnamed narrator?
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

4. The unnamed narrator brings a single book written by which author along with him for the period of his residency?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Twain.
(c) Capote.
(d) Frost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason do Alex and the unnamed narrator travel from Brooklyn to Manhattan during a partial blackout caused by the storm?

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

3. What identity did Noor feel she had lost once she found out the true identity of her biological father?

4. The unnamed narrator goes to the university campus where he is on leave from teaching to meet with which former student?

5. The unnamed narrator states that "the most riveting and disturbing and particular passages" of his one book "are about" (166) which topic?

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