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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Italy, 2000 and Ann Arbor, 2002.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which character did the unnamed narrator live in 2002?
(a) John.
(b) The blonde.
(c) Laura.
(d) Camila.

2. Artemisia's advice to the unnamed narrator was that children crave what?
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Affection.
(c) Independence.
(d) Disapproval.

3. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that Virgilio had committed what crime against her?
(a) Assault.
(b) Attempted murder.
(c) Slander.
(d) Theft.

4. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Career.
(c) Role as mother.
(d) Life.

5. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artemisia and Pablo were originally from which country?

2. In which subject did the unnamed narrator major for her undergraduate degree?

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

4. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?

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

(see the answer key)

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