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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2010 and Los Angeles 2011 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Camila have during the unnamed narrator's trip to Italy in 2000?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What type of media was embedded within the art installation with which the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend interacted?
(a) A sound recording.
(b) A video.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A photograph.

3. Laura said that Dylan's story about his childhood had made her think he was taking what action in regard to intimacy?
(a) Opening a window.
(b) Opening a door.
(c) Closing a window.
(d) Closing a door.

4. For which method of transportation did the unnamed narrator advocate during her discussion with her tall, dark-haired friend?
(a) Boating.
(b) Hiring a car.
(c) Bicycling.
(d) Riding a train.

5. An excerpt from which famous writer's journal is used as an epigraph for Topics of Conversation?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Kate Chopin.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator reveals what detail about her only child in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011?

2. At the time of the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2012, the unnamed narrator was which of the following?

3. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?

4. The unnamed narrator states that she realized only later that Artemisia had been "trapped in a" what "of her own design" (27)?

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

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