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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?
(a) Music.
(b) Great novels.
(c) Geology.
(d) Dance.

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

3. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Liza.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

4. "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) Antagonist.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Voice of reason.
(d) Fool.

5. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?
(a) 1883.
(b) 2016.
(c) 1912.
(d) 2012.

6. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Cummings.
(b) Strand.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Bronk.

7. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?
(a) Wintry.
(b) Autumnal.
(c) Summery.
(d) Haunting.

8. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?
(a) The brontosaurus.
(b) The Yeti.
(c) The unicorn.
(d) The Loch Ness monster.

9. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

10. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A charter school.
(b) A college.
(c) A technical school.
(d) A private high school.

11. In what magazine was the section of the text entitled Part Two: The Golden Vanity originally published as a short story?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Atlantic Monthly.
(c) Harper's.
(d) Vogue.

12. 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 librarian.
(b) A student.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An attorney.

13. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?
(a) 800.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 600.
(d) 1,200.

14. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?
(a) A toddler.
(b) An infant.
(c) A kindergartener.
(d) A elderly person.

15. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?
(a) A bay.
(b) A river.
(c) A lake.
(d) An ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?

2. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?

3. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?

4. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

5. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

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