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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. At which location had Dominique first met Fran, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) School.
(b) Their apartment building.
(c) Church.
(d) The grocery store.

2. Laura told the unnamed narrator that for a man, "telling people what you want makes you" (60) what?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Weak.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Angry.

3. How does the unnamed narrator describe the temperature of the nighttime air she encountered as she walked home at the end of Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) Balmy.
(b) Warm.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.

4. 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) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator complained to her role-playing partner that he sounded like a movie made by which director?

2. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that, "Knowing someone is" how many "parts divination" (74)?

3. In what discipline was the PhD that the unnamed narrator never finished?

4. Which of the four women at the gathering featured in Fresno, 2014 is French and South African?

5. What job did the unnamed narrator tell the other women belonged to the man with whom she had had an affair?

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