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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The Utility of Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?
(a) A scarf from a street vendor.
(b) A diamond ring from Tiffany's.
(c) Some cocaine on the street corner.
(d) A Cartier watch.

2. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?
(a) She has left her skin behind in the form of dust.
(b) She has left pictures of herself everywhere.
(c) She has left all her clothes in the closet.
(d) She calls once a week and hangs up before the narrator can speak.

3. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?
(a) The New Voices Department.
(b) The Fiction Department.
(c) The Department of Factual Verification.
(d) The Grammar Department.

4. What does stepping outside the club feel like to the narrator?
(a) A brisk morning walk.
(b) A heavenly descent.
(c) A shopping trip at Christmastime.
(d) A mother's reproach.

5. Why does the narrator begin to panic as the morning waxes?
(a) He has lost his wife in the melee and cannot find her.
(b) He completely lost track of time and has missed his train.
(c) He has lost his credit card and thinks it was stolen.
(d) He has not planned to end the night alone, and does not want to go into the sunlight.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator dances with a girl at the club, what does she reveal she has heard about his wife?

2. Does the narrator enjoy dancing with Elaine?

3. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?

4. What does the narrator attempt to sit and write about?

5. How was the narrator's innocent advice perceived by his superiors at the magazine?

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