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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?
(a) Paris.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) London.

2. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) The man threatened her.
(b) She had lost her voice.
(c) She hoped someone else would.
(d) She did not care.

3. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
(a) Drinking espresso in a cafe.
(b) Having wine with a man.
(c) Heading to meet a friend for dinner.
(d) Searching for something to eat.

4. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Justine.
(d) L.

5. How does the narrator describe the freedom that L's painting emanated?
(a) Beautifully narcissistic.
(b) Elegantly silent.
(c) Unrepentantly male.
(d) Undoubtedly female.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?

2. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?

3. Who is Kurt?

4. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?

5. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?

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