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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator asserts that she and her dark-haired friend both loathed what element of life, even as they "understood its necessity" (48)?
(a) Trust.
(b) Intimacy.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Affection.

2. What element does the unnamed narrator NOT include within her definition of female pain?
(a) Exploitation.
(b) Disassociation.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Subjugation.

3. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

5. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator attend graduate school, as described in Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Southwest.
(c) The Northwest.
(d) The Northeast.

6. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A coffee mug.
(c) A bucket.
(d) A teapot.

7. How many hours of supervised visitation with her children was the artist given as a result of the custody order?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

8. Artemisia's advice to the unnamed narrator was that children crave what?
(a) Affection.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Independence.
(d) Disapproval.

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

10. The unnamed narrator shouted at Tom and Teo for the first time on which night during her period of working for Camila's family?
(a) The first.
(b) The third.
(c) The eighth.
(d) The tenth.

11. In which subject did the unnamed narrator major for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) French.
(c) Communications.
(d) English.

12. The unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend interacted with what type of object at the art exhibition?
(a) A gurney.
(b) A maze.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) An airplane.

13. As the unnamed narrator walked home from the tenant's apartment in Ann Arbor, 2002, she looked forward to drinking what type of alcohol upon arriving home?
(a) Gin.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

14. What is NOT a quality the unnamed narrator ascribed to Artemisia during the summer of 2000?
(a) Wise.
(b) Old.
(c) Untouchable.
(d) Naive.

15. What does the unnamed narrator cite as "the Perez family policy" (11)?
(a) Vibrance.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Humor.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the summer of 2000 used to be her what?

2. In which Italian coastal town did the unnamed narrator spend part of the summer of 2000?

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

4. What transgression did the unnamed narrator commit during the time she was trying to conceive a child with her husband?

5. Laura told the unnamed narrator that for a man, "telling people what you want makes you" (60) what?

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