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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 what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?
2. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to communicate with Alena during his residency?
3. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?
4. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?
5. 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)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the unnamed narrator meet Noor?
2. What are the consequences of the mistake the intern makes in Part Four?
3. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?
4. How does Lerner use irony to portray the scene of the party depicted in Part Four?
5. How does the unnamed narrator end up at a party in Part Four?
6. What is the only low point in the adventure Roberto and the unnamed narrator go on together in Part Three?
7. 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?
8. How does the theme of identity arise within the story about her family Noor relates to the unnamed narrator in Part Three?
9. Discuss an instance when Lerner includes an allusion to one of his own literary works.
10. Who is Michael and how does the unnamed narrator meet him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Lerner’s purpose for including visual images within the novel 10:04?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Lerner's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different physical locations in a particular way within the narrative of 10:04.
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Lerner go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to influence the reader's experience with the text?
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