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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. What is the name of the old man who does so much cocaine at the party that it worries the unnamed narrator?
(a) Jack.
(b) Peter.
(c) Saul.
(d) Jimmy.

2. "The distinguished female author" (119) sitting across from the unnamed narrator at the literary dinner compliments him on what?
(a) His smile.
(b) His story.
(c) His comments.
(d) His tie.

3. When the unnamed narrator and the distinguished female author hit it off at the literary dinner, what dessert do they share?
(a) Peach pie.
(b) Chocolate crickets.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) A chocolate tart.

4. After the art showing, when the unnamed narrator goes to dinner at Cochineal, which character gets interrupted each time he tries to contribute to the conversation?
(a) Diane.
(b) Monika.
(c) The intern.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

5. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?

2. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?

3. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?

4. During the unnamed narrator's residency, he must have what objects mailed to his temporary address in Texas?

5. The unnamed narrator's residency house is located across the street from which poet's former home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding the Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture in Part Three and how do Alena and Peter react to his reaction?

2. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator visit the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital at the beginning of Part Three?

3. How does the theme of identity arise within the story about her family Noor relates to the unnamed narrator in Part Three?

4. How does the theme of fatherhood enter the narrative in Part Four?

5. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between his requirements for reading conditions and his requirements for writing conditions?

6. On what adventure does the unnamed narrator take eight-year-old Roberto in Part Three?

7. Who is Michael and how does the unnamed narrator meet him?

8. For what reason does the unnamed narrator travel to Texas in Part Four?

9. In what way does the unnamed narrator set up a dichotomy between the art of the "readymade" (133) and the totaled art in Alena's institute?

10. How does the unnamed narrator end up at a party in Part Four?

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