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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did the unnamed narrator tell the other women belonged to the man with whom she had had an affair?
(a) Professor.
(b) Street sweeper.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Dentist.

2. In what city did the unnamed narrator commit adultery as a means to end her marriage to John?
(a) Reno.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What food was John eating as a part of his health kick when the unnamed narrator told him that it would not improve his sperm count or motility?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Kale.
(d) Carrots.

4. The unnamed narrator states that she believed her married lover when he made what promise?
(a) To leave his wife.
(b) To buy the unnamed narrator a diamond bracelet.
(c) To let his kids meet the unnamed narrator.
(d) To take the unnamed narrator on vacation.

5. On which page of the section entitled San Francisco, 2012 is it revealed that the unnamed narrator and an unnamed man are role-playing?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 1st.
(c) The 2nd.
(d) The 3rd.

6. What food did the unnamed narrator consistently eat during John's health kick?
(a) Puffed rice.
(b) Fettuccine.
(c) Funyuns.
(d) Chicken wings.

7. On what day of the week does the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 take place?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

8. What kind of people-mover did the unnamed narrator begin to use obsessively during her affair with a married man?
(a) Tram.
(b) Elevator.
(c) Conveyor belt.
(d) Escalator.

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

10. When the unnamed narrator tells the group of women about the professor's control of her, she tells a story about what object?
(a) A bottle cap.
(b) A bed.
(c) A car.
(d) A cloud.

11. The unnamed narrator estimates that her conversation with the lawyer featured in Santa Barbara took place around what time of night?
(a) 10 or 10:30.
(b) 7 or 7:30.
(c) 11 or 11:30.
(d) 8 or 8:30.

12. What term did the unnamed narrator use to describe the way the professor's control made her feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Strong.
(c) Remade.
(d) Degraded.

13. What is NOT one of the feelings the unnamed narrator had toward John after she confessed to her infidelity?
(a) Pity.
(b) Pain.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anger.

14. While the unnamed narrator had a discussion with the lawyer featured in Santa Barbara, 2016, her babysitter had expected her how long ago?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Minutes.
(c) Days.
(d) Hours.

15. The unnamed narrator describes Fran's speech as being like a what?
(a) A kiss.
(b) A kick.
(c) A punch.
(d) A slap.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's role-playing partner first takes on the role of a man in what position?

2. What kind of meal did the unnamed narrator eat before she and the man at the hotel had sex?

3. Which of the four women was the oldest, with the unnamed narrator stating the woman was in her early forties at the time?

4. 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?

5. How many months did the unnamed narrator's affair with the married man last?

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