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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. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?
(a) Baby Jessica.
(b) Christa McAuliffe.
(c) Evel Knievel.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

2. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?
(a) Iconic.
(b) Crucial.
(c) Memorable.
(d) Fun.

3. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) MOMA.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) The Guggenheim.
(d) The Metropolitan Museum.

4. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Alex.
(c) Natali.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?

2. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?

3. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

4. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?

5. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

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

3. 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)?

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

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

6. In what location does Alex ask the unnamed narrator to provide the sperm that will create her child and what is significant about her lack of eye contact in this moment?

7. 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?

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

9. How does Lerner demonstrate the closeness that exists between the unnamed narrator and his best friend Alex?

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

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