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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Natasha's mother travel in order to get Natasha a "good" social security card?
(a) Florida.
(b) Texas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Arkansas.

2. What is the first question from Category #3 (most intimate) that Natasha and Daniel choose to ask one another?
(a) Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
(b) Make three true "we" statements each.
(c) Would you like to be famous?
(d) Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.

3. What is Daniel's mother's name?
(a) Jiae-Win.
(b) Kim Woo.
(c) Areum Soo.
(d) Min Soo.

4. What does Irene want to confiscate but does not, in “Irene: A History"?
(a) Daniel's phone.
(b) Daniel's tie.
(c) Natasha's jacket.
(d) Natasha's phone.

5. What do Daniel's parents want him to be when he grows up?
(a) An actor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A poet.

6. What is the name of the receptionist that Natasha argues with when she arrives late for her appointment at USCIS?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Irene.
(d) Anna.

7. What are the two chemicals that dictate the third stage of attraction, according to the narrator in “Love: A Chemical History"?
(a) Testosterone and Estrogen.
(b) Serotonin and vasopressin.
(c) Oxytocin and vasopressin.
(d) Serotonin and Estrogen.

8. What is described in “Love: A Chemical History” as the pleasure hormone?
(a) Testosterone.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Opioid.

9. The narrator asserts in “Love: A Chemical History” that according to scientists, there are how many stages of love?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

10. What item of Daniel's does he ask Natasha to carry in her backpack as they walk to her appointment?
(a) His phone.
(b) His pocketwatch.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His jacket.

11. From what college is the alumnus that Daniel is preparing to interview with in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

12. What chemicals in the brain orchestrate the stages of love, according to the narrator in “Love: A Chemical History”?
(a) Homoglobes.
(b) Datatons.
(c) Atigens.
(d) Neurotransmitters.

13. The narrator indicates in “Irie: An Etymological History" that to be irie is bo be what?
(a) Between God and the world.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Between heaven and hell.
(d) Solitary.

14. How old was Natasha when her family came to the United States?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

15. What does Natasha define romantic love as being in the novel?
(a) Temporary and nonprovable.
(b) Dependent upon Fate.
(c) A basic known fact.
(d) Everlasting and true.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daniel describe the article about the researcher who put two people in a lab and had them ask one another intimate questions?

2. What band who plays the song "Yellow Ledbetter" is described as one of Natasha's favorite 1990s rock bands?

3. What is the name of Natasha's best friend?

4. What aspect of Natasha's appearance does Daniel find himself staring at as they leave the coffee shop before her appointment?

5. For how long has Daniel's older brother been forced to withdraw from college in the beginning of the novel?

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