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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?
(a) The unnamed narrator.
(b) Natali.
(c) Alex.
(d) Bernard.

2. 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 river.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bay.

3. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) October.

4. 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 doctor.
(c) A student.
(d) An attorney.

5. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) Joseph Kony.
(b) Hitler.
(c) The Tooth Fairy.
(d) Polpot.

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

7. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Napoleon.

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

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

10. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Apoplexy.
(b) Pareidolia.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Synesthesia.

11. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A set of prayer flags.
(b) An exposed light bulb.
(c) A noose.
(d) A barber pole.

12. 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) Autumnal.
(b) Wintry.
(c) Haunting.
(d) Summery.

13. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The heart.
(b) The liver.
(c) The spine.
(d) The kidney.

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

15. 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?
(a) A few.
(b) Many.
(c) Two.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?

2. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

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

4. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?

5. 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?

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