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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country did the artist featured in San Francisco, 2010 originally hail?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Denmark.

2. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that Virgilio had committed what crime against her?
(a) Attempted murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Assault.
(d) Slander.

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

4. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?
(a) Shaved.
(b) Medium.
(c) Long.
(d) Short.

5. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?
(a) Personal assistant.
(b) Cook.
(c) Concierge.
(d) Nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator wanted to kiss Artemisia when she found herself overwhelmed by which emotion in the summer of 2000?

2. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?

3. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?

4. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?

5. What does the unnamed narrator cite as "the Perez family policy" (11)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the unnamed narrator explain her impulse to kiss Artemisia near the end of the section called Italy, 2000?

2. In what way does Popkey send a message about the dangers of complying with patriarchy-fueled gender norms in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?

3. Discuss an instance when Popkey uses the second person point of view to connect with the reader.

4. How did the unnamed narrator view Artemisia during the trip to Italy in 2000 and why?

5. What was the outcome of the tenant's story in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?

6. For what reason does the unnamed narrator use a hedge maze as a metaphor for Artemisia's life?

7. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between "the woman as object" and "the woman as subject" (45)?

8. Describe the four characters featured at the center of the gathering in Ann Arbor, 2002.

9. How did the unnamed narrator feel about the dissolution of Laura's marriage?

10. How does the unnamed narrator feel about the truth and lies, according to her statements in Los Angeles, 2011?

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