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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which object's disappearance is named by the narrator to have been "the first time a disappearance seemed like a solemn ceremony" (192)?
(a) The umbrella.
(b) The novel.
(c) The diamond.
(d) The hairbrush.

2. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?
(a) A summons.
(b) A citation.
(c) A questionnaire.
(d) A bill.

3. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It is impossible.
(b) It is not going very well.
(c) It is surprising her at every turn.
(d) It no longer interests her.

4. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?
(a) When her next novel will be finished.
(b) What she would like to get paid.
(c) Her ideas for her next novel.
(d) Whether she has ever been in love.

5. R tells the unnamed narrator at the end of Chapter 8 that he has not taken what action?
(a) Forgotten his promise.
(b) Forgotten his mother.
(c) Forgotten his vow of revenge.
(d) Forgotten anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?

2. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?

3. Which character first notices that there are disappeared objects inside sculptures created by the narrator's mother?

4. The old man declares that what weather had been helpful in getting R smuggled into the narrator's home?

5. Which objects are disappeared from the island in Chapter 6?

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