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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 213 - 265).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does the narrator's boyfriend tell about her in Part I to a waiter?
(a) That she got accepted to a PhD program.
(b) That she is a radio producer.
(c) That she is a MacArthur Genius.
(d) That she is a singer.

2. What does the narrator tell Nell she hates?
(a) Being dependent on people.
(b) Eating pie.
(c) Speaking German.
(d) Swimming.

3. What does the friend who interprets the narrator's astrological birth chart tell her?
(a) She wants to talk to the narrator about the frightening consequences of what she has learned.
(b) She could not complete her project.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is stunned by its clarity.

4. Who is the first person the narrator goes on a date with in Berlin that she was matched with through a dating site?
(a) Bergman.
(b) Paul.
(c) Henry.
(d) Fred.

5. What kind of message does the narrator think moving to a foreign country where she knows no one and does not speak the language send?
(a) One of suspicion.
(b) One of competence.
(c) One of desperation.
(d) One of anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the narrator run into using social media in Berlin?

2. What question does the narrator ask herself after going on her first date with the person she meets through the dating website?

3. Why does the narrator Google Felix's name?

4. What question does Felix's co-worker ask him in what the narrator thinks is an effort to cut her out of the conversation?

5. What does the narrator continue to spend much of her time doing in Part V?

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