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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. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?
2. 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)?
3. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?
4. 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?
5. In what year of college was Alex enrolled when she met the unnamed narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.
2. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?
3. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?
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 event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?
6. How does Lerner demonstrate the closeness that exists between the unnamed narrator and his best friend Alex?
7. Who is Alena?
8. For what reason is the author so conflicted about the choice "between twilight sedation and local anesthesia" (62)?
9. What medical procedure does the author require and why?
10. What advice from Dr. Roberts does the author apply within "The Golden Vanity" and how does he apply it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Lerner's choice to tell the story of 10:04 using the first and second person points of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Lerner’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
What is Lerner’s purpose for including visual images within the novel 10:04?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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