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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 airport is the unnamed narrator picked up by "Michael, the caretaker of the residency houses" (163)?

2. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?

3. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?

4. What is the name of the old man who does so much cocaine at the party that it worries the unnamed narrator?

5. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does the intern make in Part Four and what similar mistake does the unnamed narrator make?

2. How does the unnamed narrator end up at a party in Part Four?

3. In what way does the unnamed narrator set up a dichotomy between the art of the "readymade" (133) and the totaled art in Alena's institute?

4. What object does the unnamed narrator keep patting inside his pocket as he makes his way to the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital?

5. Who is Michael and how does the unnamed narrator meet him?

6. Why does Alex caution the unnamed narrator not to write about medical issues and what evidence does she use for her argument?

7. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator visit the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital at the beginning of Part Three?

8. How does the unnamed narrator meet Noor?

9. Name three excuses the unnamed narrator uses when people ask to see him during his writers' residency.

10. For what reason does the unnamed narrator travel to Texas in Part Four?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lerner’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of 10:04.

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