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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. While the unnamed narrator is at the bookstore, he runs into an acquaintance who invites him to a private showing of which artist's work?
(a) Judd.
(b) Mondrian.
(c) Lichtenstein.
(d) Warhol.

5. After the art showing, when the unnamed narrator goes to dinner at Cochineal, which character gets interrupted each time he tries to contribute to the conversation?
(a) The unnamed narrator.
(b) The intern.
(c) Monika.
(d) Diane.

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

7. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

8. How many "substantial lines" does the intern do "in quick succession" (185) in an attempt to impress the unnamed narrator at the party?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

9. The unnamed narrator compares the experience of looking at Judd's works with the experience of looking at what other object?
(a) The Holy Grail.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) The third eye.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

10. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?
(a) Austin.
(b) Marfa.
(c) Dallas.
(d) San Antonio.

11. Which element of the physical world never gives the unnamed narrator a "little thrill" (107)?
(a) The natural world.
(b) The sky.
(c) Built space.
(d) The ocean.

12. To whose apartment does the unnamed narrator go after he leaves the literary dinner in Part Three?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jon.
(c) Alena.
(d) Sharon.

13. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1980.

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

15. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the unnamed narrator arrive at his residency house?

2. When the unnamed narrator and the distinguished female author hit it off at the literary dinner, what dessert do they share?

3. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?

4. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?

5. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to communicate with Alena during his residency?

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