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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 is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Alex.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Roberto.

2. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 36.
(b) 24.
(c) 48.
(d) 72.

3. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Dr. Roberts.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Liza.

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 doctor.
(b) A student.
(c) A librarian.
(d) An attorney.

5. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?
(a) A loser.
(b) A trainwreck.
(c) A scaredy cat.
(d) A weakling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what country did Roberto originally hail?

3. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

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

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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Lerner uses a simile to provide a vivid image of the setting in "The Golden Vanity."

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why does the unnamed narrator refer to a particular scene in Part One as having "faded from the photograph" (24)?

6. Who is Alena?

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

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

9. Who is Roberto and what are his concerns about the world?

10. What is the main difference between the unnamed narrator of 10:04 and the character in the unnamed narrator's novel he calls "the author" (61)?

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