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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 library.
(c) The gay bar.
(d) The fertility clinic.

2. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?
(a) His throat.
(b) His foot.
(c) His knee.
(d) His hand.

3. 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 poets.
(b) They are novelists.
(c) They are younger.
(d) They are older.

4. What does the unnamed narrator describe in his comments at Columbia's School of Arts as the "shadow language to Reagan's official narrative processing of the national tragedy" (114)?
(a) Iran Contra jokes.
(b) Oklahoma City bombing jokes.
(c) Challenger jokes.
(d) My Lai jokes.

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

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

7. When the unnamed narrator and the distinguished female author hit it off at the literary dinner, what dessert do they share?
(a) A chocolate tart.
(b) Chocolate crickets.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Peach pie.

8. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?
(a) Existential issues.
(b) Law issues.
(c) Financial issues.
(d) Medical issues.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) Norman.
(b) Charles.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Paul.

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

13. How many years before narrative present did Noor's father die of a heart attack?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 5.

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

15. The unnamed narrator must leave in the middle of Noor's story one day during their shift to check if which item is in stock?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Figs.
(c) Dried mangoes.
(d) Artichokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which airport is the unnamed narrator picked up by "Michael, the caretaker of the residency houses" (163)?

2. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?

3. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator reach his residency house in Texas?

4. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author at dinner that which of his body fluids is "abnormal" (121)?

5. Alex tells the unnamed narrator to remember that he had felt responsible for his mother's diagnosis of what malady?

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