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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles, 2017 and San Joaquin Valley, 2017 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many other people were interacting with the art exhibition at the same time as the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself during her conversation with her one-night stand at the hotel?
(a) Monster.
(b) Whore.
(c) Bitch.
(d) Harpy.

3. Which poet's name did the unnamed narrator's role-playing partner fail to recognize?
(a) Stein.
(b) Auden.
(c) Rich.
(d) Plath.

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

5. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that taking what action is "difficult and painful" (95)?
(a) Starting over.
(b) Growing.
(c) Pausing.
(d) Apologizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the artist do to protest the custody arrangements that had been handed down by the court?

2. What type of alcohol did the unnamed narrator used to drink as she kept watch over her sleeping young son?

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

4. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?

5. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?

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