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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. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?
(a) A few.
(b) Two.
(c) Many.
(d) 12.

2. 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) Jon.
(b) Dr. Andrews.
(c) Alex.
(d) David.

3. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?
(a) His sister.
(b) His agent.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His best friend.

5. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?
(a) The narrator's newest novel has just been completed.
(b) The narrator's next novel had been a hot commodity among the major publishing houses.
(c) The agent's promotion.
(d) The narrator's previous novel had been purchased for movie rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?

2. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?

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

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

4. How did Alex and the unnamed narrator first meet and when?

5. Who is Alena?

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

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

9. 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)?

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

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