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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix's mug at the narrator's apartment have written on it?

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

3. What does the person the narrator meets on her way to the grocery store ask her?

4. Who is the narrator's spiritual friend?

5. Where does Felix take the pub crawl crowd that the narrator gets confused with a different place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator often hear, as a generality, that her generation values?

2. How does the narrator change her morning routine after Felix comes back to New York City to live?

3. What does Felix's mother do after his death in regards to the narrator that the narrator thinks is strange?

4. How does Felix tell the narrator he feels about America?

5. Who approaches the narrator repeatedly when she goes to buy breakfast ingredients, and what does this person do to her?

6. What is unusual about the narrator's first conversation with Felix?

7. What does the narrator do on the morning after her last date with Felix?

8. Where does the narrator meet Felix and what does she think of him at first?

9. How does the narrator feel about her job writing for the website she works for?

10. How does the narrator describe her use of social media?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator join dating websites, and what is her experience once she is on them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Oyler sometimes employs a caustic tone in the narrator's criticisms of those around her, of their work/writing, and of their use of social media. Write an essay exploring Oyler's use of humor, sarcasm and parody throughout this novel.

Essay Topic 3

What happens when the narrator, seeking companionship and maybe even friendship, goes to the bookshop in Berlin for the meeting of foreigners there? Why do you think the event is such a disaster for the narrator? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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