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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fresno, 2014 and Santa Barbara, 2016 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which season did the unnamed narrator have a discussion with the lawyer who claimed to have abandoned her child?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

4. Who told a story at the gathering about seeing an example of real love inside a Home Depot store?
(a) Fran.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Sandra.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

5. What did the artist do to protest the custody arrangements that had been handed down by the court?
(a) She instigated a boycott of her husband's goods.
(b) She hosted a rally.
(c) She moved back to Ireland.
(d) She moved back to Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did the unnamed narrator fall in love with John?

2. In what location does the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 open?

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

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

5. Including the two times per month that the unnamed narrator and John were having sex, how many times per month did she allow him to touch her?

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