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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?
2. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
3. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
4. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
5. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?
2. What advice from Dr. Roberts does the author apply within "The Golden Vanity" and how does he apply it?
3. Describe Natali and Bernard's accomplishments in the literary world.
4. What is the main difference between the unnamed narrator of 10:04 and the character in the unnamed narrator's novel he calls "the author" (61)?
5. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?
6. What action by the author comprises the tender moment he experiences with Liza in a taxi in Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
7. Provide an example when Lerner's role as a poet becomes apparent through his use of sensory details.
8. Discuss an instance when Lerner uses a simile to provide a vivid image of the setting in "The Golden Vanity."
9. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?
10. Who is Alena?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Lerner’s novel 10:04. What message is Lerner sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Lerner's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different physical locations in a particular way within the narrative of 10:04.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Lerner in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of 10:04. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Lerner’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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