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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 unnamed narrator recalls wondering "what it would feel like to push" which character "over the edge" (60) of the abyss?
(a) Laura.
(b) John.
(c) Dominique.
(d) Dylan.

2. The unnamed narrator reveals what detail about her only child in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011?
(a) The child's father is not Robert.
(b) The child's father is not Jeff.
(c) The child's father is not alive.
(d) The child's father is not John.

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

4. How many years before the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2010 did the artist divorce her husband?
(a) A dozen.
(b) A couple.
(c) Several.
(d) A score.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?

2. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator attend graduate school, as described in Ann Arbor, 2002?

3. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?

4. In which city did the unnamed narrator live when she left for a trip in Italy in the summer of 2000?

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

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