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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. How does the narrator feel about astrology?

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

3. What is one characteristic of the first person the narrator meets for a date through the dating website?

4. What does the narrator decide to do on her future dates with men from the dating website?

5. How does the narrator describe the bar where she meets her first date that she goes on through the dating website?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think that an orgasm can be, especially if it is dramatic?

2. How does the narrator describe time spent on Twitter?

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

4. What is one slim possibility the narrator thinks her dating experiment and assuming personas might result in?

5. What job does the narrator get in Part IV?

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

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

8. What does the narrator seem to grudgingly admire about Nell?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Oyler is trying to communicate throughout this novel about the effects of social media on our perceptions of truth and on one's sense of self and self-identity? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In what instance, if any, is the narrator genuinely honest with herself or others? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Felix's reasons for faking his own death are? What conclusion does the narrator seem to come to, if any, on this topic?

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