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

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

3. At the time of the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2012, the unnamed narrator was which of the following?
(a) Single, never having been married.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Divorced from her second husband.
(d) Married to her first husband.

4. From what country did the artist featured in San Francisco, 2010 originally hail?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. The tenant described disliking her acquaintance because she had retained what quality throughout her first few college years?
(a) Originality.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Purity.
(d) Cheerfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the summer of 2000 used to be her what?

2. What emotion did the unnamed narrator feel when Artemisia finished her story in the section entitled Italy, 2000?

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

4. What was happening in the unnamed narrator's life when her newly-divorced friend Laura moved in with the unnamed narrator's parents?

5. On what part of the unnamed narrator's body did Artemisia place her hand, as described at the end of Italy, 2000?

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