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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what country did Roberto originally hail?
(a) San Salvador.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Peru.

3. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Podcast.
(c) Radio.
(d) Television.

4. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) New York.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?

2. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?

3. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?

4. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?

5. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action by the author comprises the tender moment he experiences with Liza in a taxi in Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

2. What situation causes the author a great deal of anxiety when the librarian arrives for their meeting?

3. What does the gaslight lamp symbolize within the short story "The Golden Vanity"?

4. Describe Natali and Bernard's accomplishments in the literary world.

5. For what reason is the author so conflicted about the choice "between twilight sedation and local anesthesia" (62)?

6. What event does the author recall at the end of the story "The Golden Vanity," causing him to conclude that the event had never happened?

7. Who is Alena?

8. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

9. Provide an example when Lerner's role as a poet becomes apparent through his use of sensory details.

10. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

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