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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. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?

2. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?

3. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?

4. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?

5. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?

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

3. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?

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

5. What aspect of Walt Whitman's strange autobiography Specimen Days disgusts the unnamed narrator and why?

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

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

8. How does Lerner use irony to portray the scene of the party depicted in Part Four?

9. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between his requirements for reading conditions and his requirements for writing conditions?

10. What is the only low point in the adventure Roberto and the unnamed narrator go on together in Part Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel 10:04 and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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