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

3. 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?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A student.

4. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Bronk.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Strand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?

2. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?

3. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?

4. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?

5. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Alena?

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