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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. Alex tells the unnamed narrator to remember that he had felt responsible for his mother's diagnosis of what malady?
2. On the day the unnamed narrator ventures out to the Marfa Book Company, he has "gone more than" how many "weeks without really speaking to anyone" (175)?
3. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?
4. 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?
5. When the unnamed narrator feels "too tired to write" (173) one day during his residency he watches The Passion of Joan of Arc, the favorite film of which character?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator visit the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital at the beginning of Part Three?
2. What is the only low point in the adventure Roberto and the unnamed narrator go on together in Part Three?
3. What are the consequences of the mistake the intern makes in Part Four?
4. Name three excuses the unnamed narrator uses when people ask to see him during his writers' residency.
5. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?
6. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between his requirements for reading conditions and his requirements for writing conditions?
7. On what adventure does the unnamed narrator take eight-year-old Roberto in Part Three?
8. Discuss an instance when Lerner includes an allusion to one of his own literary works.
9. How does Lerner use irony to portray the scene of the party depicted in Part Four?
10. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding the Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture in Part Three and how do Alena and Peter react to his reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Lerner's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different physical locations in a particular way within the narrative of 10:04.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of the unnamed narrator's best friend Alex within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Lerner in depicting Alex and include in your discussion the reasons that Lerner portrays Alex in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of 10:04.
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