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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 160 - 212).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the public transport in Berlin that the narrator usually takes?
(a) The Audobon.
(b) The Sub.
(c) The Metro.
(d) The S-Bahn.

2. Why does the narrator not want to return to New York City in Part III?
(a) It will feel like she just wasted her time in Berlin.
(b) She is completely broke.
(c) She does not want to have to move back in with her old roommate in New York City.
(d) She has come to hate New York City.

3. What kind of literature does the narrator remember a lot of?
(a) Satire.
(b) Twentieth-century poetry.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Medieval ballads.

4. What does the narrator feel after she meets a vague acquaintance by chance from earlier in Berlin outside a coffee shop in Part IV?
(a) She is not the type of person to make friends in foreign countries.
(b) She does not understand other women at all.
(c) She hates other writers.
(d) She really dislikes women who always wear skirts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the narrator and Felix meet does he move back to the United States?

2. Who is the first man to ask the narrator on a date in Berlin?

3. Where does the narrator decide to go after Felix's death?

4. Where does the narrator's boyfriend keep his phone while he sleeps?

5. Where is the woman the narrator is subletting from living in Part III?

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