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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does the narrator assume for her date when she is pretending to be an Aries?
(a) Landscaper.
(b) Message therapist.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Fortune teller.

2. What happens on the narrator's first date in Berlin in Part III?
(a) Her date never shows up.
(b) Her date has no money and she has to pay for the drinks.
(c) Her date tells her he is just looking for a job.
(d) Her date throws up on her.

3. What does the narrator say that doing things ironically sometimes leads to?
(a) Legal trouble.
(b) Disasters.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Straightforward consequences.

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

5. Which Twitter user does the narrator find herself liking and following in Part III?
(a) @HelenofTroyWI
(b) @BrainChildSheba
(c) @WonderWomanFL
(d) @BetterKnowMe

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's friend that she writes nasty things about in her journal in school?

2. Who does the narrator randomly meet while working in Part IV?

3. How does the narrator feel upon waking from her bad dream in Part IV?

4. What does Felix ask the narrator during a long night of drinking and making out in a bar?

5. What theory does the first person the narrator is matched with through the dating site tell her about that she has never heard of before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one reason the narrator found it comforting to be around Felix that she reveals in Part IV?

2. What prompts the narrator to start a profile on dating websites?

3. What lie does the narrator tell Genevieve about her professional history?

4. How does the narrator eventually decide to approach all her dates?

5. At the end of Part IV, what makes the narrator almost cry?

6. Where does the narrator initially turn for advice on how to get a visa in Germany?

7. What problem does the narrator have navigating getting health insurance in Germany?

8. How does the narrator react to the three men who corner her at the bookshop?

9. How does the narrator find an apartment to rent in Berlin?

10. Why did the narrator always say was one reason she did not want children?

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