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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. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?

2. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

3. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?

4. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?

5. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

2. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?

3. How did Alex and the unnamed narrator first meet and when?

4. Describe Natali and Bernard's accomplishments in the literary world.

5. For what reason is the author so conflicted about the choice "between twilight sedation and local anesthesia" (62)?

6. Of what type of metafiction is Part Two: The Golden Vanity composed?

7. How does Lerner demonstrate the closeness that exists between the unnamed narrator and his best friend Alex?

8. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

9. What event does the author recall at the end of the story "The Golden Vanity," causing him to conclude that the event had never happened?

10. What does the gaslight lamp symbolize within the short story "The Golden Vanity"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within 10:04.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Lerner’s use of characterization methods to portray the unnamed narrator within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in 10:04?

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