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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. In what location does the section entitled San Francisco, 2012 open?
(a) The unnamed narrator's hotel room.
(b) A man's hotel room.
(c) The unnamed narrator's home.
(d) The art museum.

2. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that most psychologists "theorize the commonality of the so-called rape fantasy among heterosexual women as linked to" (24) what?
(a) Lust.
(b) Childhood abuse.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Shame.

3. The unnamed narrator reflects in Los Angeles, 2011 that "every confidence is a kind of" (65) what?
(a) Request.
(b) Plea.
(c) Lie.
(d) Manipulation.

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

5. What did the unnamed narrator find out when she visited the fertility doctor to get checked out?
(a) She found out she was sterile.
(b) She found out that she had a short ovulation cycle.
(c) She found out she had a blocked fallopian tube.
(d) She refused to see the fertility doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final sentence of Ann Arbor, 2002 describes the unnamed narrator's plan to take what action when she gets home?

2. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that Virgilio had committed what crime against her?

3. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her friend Laura?

4. What tool did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend use to combat their discomfort with a particular element of life?

5. What kind of drink did the unnamed narrator order when she sat down at the hotel bar?

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