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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. Which dating site required users to post real photos of themselves?

2. What surprises the narrator about her approach to dating in Part IV?

3. What does one of the obnoxious British men at the meeting in Part III ask the narrator that makes the narrator mad?

4. Where does the narrator have a layover on her flights to Berlin?

5. What lie does the narrator tell one date about all her ex-boyfriends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do the ex-boyfriends tell the narrator about Twitter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator describe her relationship with Felix before she finds out that he is posting conspiracy theories online with a substantial following? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How is the narrator's reaction to Felix's death affected by the fact that not only was she planning on breaking up with him imminently, but that she also told people she was going to break up with him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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