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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. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?

2. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?

3. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

5. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Provide an example when Lerner's role as a poet becomes apparent through his use of sensory details.

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

4. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

5. Discuss an instance when Lerner uses a simile to provide a vivid image of the setting in "The Golden Vanity."

6. Why does the unnamed narrator refer to a particular scene in Part One as having "faded from the photograph" (24)?

7. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

8. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?

9. What situation causes the author a great deal of anxiety when the librarian arrives for their meeting?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lerner’s use of the motif of sound within the novel 10:04.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for 10:04.

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