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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. 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 chart.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A poem.
(d) An image.

2. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Pareidolia.
(b) Apoplexy.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Synesthesia.

3. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?
(a) A gaslight.
(b) A hay bale.
(c) A broom.
(d) A dog.

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

5. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?
(a) Wintry.
(b) Summery.
(c) Thick.
(d) Cloying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

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

5. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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