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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. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?
(a) 41.
(b) 36.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

2. 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) 12.
(d) Many.

3. 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?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Joan of Arc.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?

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

5. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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