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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 identity did Noor feel she had lost once she found out the true identity of her biological father?
(a) Italian.
(b) Pakistani.
(c) Lebanese.
(d) Indian.

2. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Writing.

3. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding pieces of a sculpture?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is disgusted.

4. On what day of the week does the unnamed narrator arrive at his residency house?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

5. Which element of the physical world never gives the unnamed narrator a "little thrill" (107)?
(a) The natural world.
(b) Built space.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a source to which people have ascribed "the Marfa Lights," though scientists claim they are "atmospheric reflections" (192)?

2. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?

3. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?

4. 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?

5. One morning, the unnamed narrator wakes up to find that what noisy activity is going on nearby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does the unnamed narrator keep patting inside his pocket as he makes his way to the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital?

2. What is the only low point in the adventure Roberto and the unnamed narrator go on together in Part Three?

3. Name three excuses the unnamed narrator uses when people ask to see him during his writers' residency.

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

5. What are the consequences of the mistake the intern makes in Part Four?

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

7. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?

8. How does the unnamed narrator meet Noor?

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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