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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Sometimes a Vague Notion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why has Michael come to get the narrator?
(a) The narrator owes Michael money.
(b) The next day is the anniversary of their mother's death.
(c) Their father has died unexpectedly.
(d) He is getting married the next day and the narrator is the best man.

3. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?
(a) Bright lights, big city.
(b) He was being attacked by pygmies.
(c) Facts wait for no man.
(d) One more martini, please.

4. When the narrator leaves for lunch, what does Megan ask him to bring back for her?
(a) A ham sandwich.
(b) A diet soda.
(c) A Tab.
(d) A salad.

5. Where do Tad and the narrator go to party?
(a) Dubai.
(b) The Smith.
(c) Odeon.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what do the potted plants remind the narrator?

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

3. Who is The Druid?

4. After what duration of time did the narrator and Amanda move in together?

5. In what point of view is the novel written?

(see the answer key)

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