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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. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A private high school.
(b) A college.
(c) A charter school.
(d) A technical school.

2. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1912.

3. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A noose.
(b) A set of prayer flags.
(c) A barber pole.
(d) An exposed light bulb.

4. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jon.
(c) Dr. Andrews.
(d) David.

5. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?
(a) A newspaper article.
(b) A chart.
(c) A poem.
(d) An image.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is the novel 10:04 set?

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

3. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?

4. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?

5. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice from Dr. Roberts does the author apply within "The Golden Vanity" and how does he apply it?

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

3. Who is Alena?

4. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

5. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

6. Of what type of metafiction is Part Two: The Golden Vanity composed?

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

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

9. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

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

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