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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2012 and Los Angeles, 2012.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator reveals that she has been married how many times in her life?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) July.

3. Before the unnamed narrator saw her future one-night stand's face, he grabbed onto what part of her body?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her waist.
(d) Her neck.

4. On which page of the section entitled San Francisco, 2012 is it revealed that the unnamed narrator and an unnamed man are role-playing?
(a) The 3rd.
(b) The 1st.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 2nd.

5. In what discipline was the PhD that the unnamed narrator never finished?
(a) Film analysis.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Creative writing.
(d) English literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did Laura accept a fellowship around the same time the unnamed narrator moved away?

2. What transgression did the unnamed narrator commit during the time she was trying to conceive a child with her husband?

3. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe John's reaction to her admission that she had been unfaithful?

4. The unnamed narrator wanted to kiss Artemisia when she found herself overwhelmed by which emotion in the summer of 2000?

5. On what day of the week did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend visit the art gallery?

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