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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. What two things does the unnamed narrator state that she has always wanted?
(a) Anger and hatred.
(b) Direction and praise.
(c) Love and peace.
(d) Punishment and callousness.

2. The unnamed narrator wanted to kiss Artemisia when she found herself overwhelmed by which emotion in the summer of 2000?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Lust.

3. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?
(a) Long.
(b) Medium.
(c) Shaved.
(d) Short.

4. The unnamed narrator complained to her role-playing partner that he sounded like a movie made by which director?
(a) Kubrick.
(b) Ford.
(c) Scorsese.
(d) Coppola.

5. When the unnamed narrator tells the story of her one-night stand from the beginning, what type of music drew her into a fancy hotel?
(a) Rock.
(b) Swing.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Salsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the section entitled San Francisco 2010, the unnamed narrator recalls having forgotten that her dark-haired friend had eyes of what color?

2. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?

3. The unnamed narrator's role-playing partner first takes on the role of a man in what position?

4. How does the unnamed narrator describe the motility of John's sperm?

5. The unnamed narrator states that Artemisia was how old in the summer of 2000?

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