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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
(a) The East coast.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) The West coast.

3. Alena puts the pieces of a shattered sculpture by which artist into the unnamed narrator's hands?
(a) Jeff Koons.
(b) Henri Matisse.
(c) Salvador Dali.
(d) Andy Warhol.

4. How many lines of what turns out to be ketamine does the unnamed narrator do at the party in Part Four?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Patton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor impresses upon the unnamed narrator that the results of his cardiac tests are what kind of "news" (207)?

2. Which character does the unnamed narrator retrieve from the waiting room before the doctor reveals the results of his cardiac tests?

3. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Hannah in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

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. On what day of the week is the author scheduled to have a medical procedure done?

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