View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 take the unnamed narrator on vacation.
(d) To let his kids meet the unnamed narrator.

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

3. In what field did the unnamed narrator work while she was married to John?
(a) Sales.
(b) Management.
(c) Education.
(d) Human Resources.

4. Which of the four women was the oldest, with the unnamed narrator stating the woman was in her early forties at the time?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Fran.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Dominique.

5. At what time did the unnamed narrator arrive at a hotel with the intention of having a one-night stand?
(a) 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
(b) 11 or 12 at night.
(c) 2 or 3 in the morning.
(d) 9 or 10 in the evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does the unnamed narrator state that she has always wanted?

2. How did the unnamed narrator describe the movement of her mind during the gathering with other women in Fresno, 2014?

3. What food did the unnamed narrator consistently eat during John's health kick?

4. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe John's reaction to her admission that she had been unfaithful?

5. What adjective did the unnamed narrator use to describe her husband John in a conversation with her one-night stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the unnamed narrator do for a living during her marriage to John?

2. What method did the unnamed narrator eventually use to end her marriage and why?

3. What tactics did the unnamed narrator use to help herself summon enthusiasm about pursuing a pregnancy with John?

4. What three feelings does the unnamed narrator recall feeling when John expressed interest in marriage counseling?

5. For what reason did the unnamed narrator make several attempts to commit adultery before she was successful?

6. How does the unnamed narrator describe the fertility problems she and John experienced during their marriage?

7. In what way does Popkey suggest that the reader unpack their own reactions to the life events of the woman in Santa Barbara?

8. Discuss at least one negative coping mechanism that the unnamed narrator uses once she has gotten sober.

9. What act does the unnamed narrator describe as having been attractive due to its promise of "finite pleasure" (180)?

10. In what way does Popkey purposely mislead the reader at the start of the section called San Francisco, 2012?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,084 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample