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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator attends a party in Part Four, he finds that the guests in the kitchen are different from the other guests in what way?
(a) They are younger.
(b) They are poets.
(c) They are older.
(d) They are novelists.

2. The unnamed narrator guesses that the receptionist at the fertility office is how old?
(a) 70.
(b) 25.
(c) 38.
(d) 18.

3. What is the only element of the physical world that gives the unnamed narrator a feeling of excitement?
(a) The sky.
(b) The natural world.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Built space.

4. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
(a) Expanding his book of poetry into a novel.
(b) Expanding his novel into a series.
(c) Collapsing his novel into a short story.
(d) Expanding his short story into a novel.

5. On what day of the week does the unnamed narrator arrive at his residency house?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

6. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?
(a) His story.
(b) His tie.
(c) His comments.
(d) His smile.

7. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?
(a) New-York Presbyterian Hospital.
(b) Kaiser-Permanente Hospital.
(c) El Camino Hospital.
(d) St. Christopher Hospital.

8. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to communicate with Alena during his residency?
(a) None.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Email.
(d) Text messages.

9. On the day the unnamed narrator ventures out to the Marfa Book Company, he has "gone more than" how many "weeks without really speaking to anyone" (175)?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

10. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?
(a) 90.
(b) 45.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

11. What is the name of the old man who does so much cocaine at the party that it worries the unnamed narrator?
(a) Jack.
(b) Saul.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Peter.

12. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 7th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 4th.

13. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

15. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?
(a) A sunrise.
(b) The onset of nighttime.
(c) Manhattan's skyline.
(d) The small of a woman's back.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?

2. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?

3. Alena puts the pieces of a shattered sculpture by which artist into the unnamed narrator's hands?

4. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?

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

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