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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, A Womb With a View.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the narrator's innocent advice perceived by his superiors at the magazine?
(a) There never found out that he did it.
(b) They were completely outraged at his presumption.
(c) They promptly fired him and he has been on the job market ever since.
(d) They were in awe and immediately promoted him.

2. Who is Alex Hardy?
(a) A fiction editor emeritus.
(b) A fellow Facts Department coworker.
(c) A doorman who occasionally works the elevator.
(d) The narrator's brother.

3. Where will the narrator shop for his eventual girlfriend/wife?
(a) Discount Jewelers Plus.
(b) Tiffany's.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Gem-o-Rama.

4. What does the narrator feel is his most shameful addiction?
(a) The New York Post.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Alcohol.

5. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?
(a) Megan Avery, his co-worker.
(b) Elaine, a model from Amanda's agency.
(c) Amanda, the ex-wife.
(d) Clara Tillinghast, his boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon his discovery, what phrase does the narrator blurt out?

2. With whom did the narrator come to the club?

3. What does the homeless person do on the narrator's train ride to work?

4. Why has Tad insisted on making up stories about Amanda and the narrator's separation?

5. How does the narrator get the girl to dance with him longer after she's said she is tired?

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