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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. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?
2. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?
3. While the unnamed narrator is at the bookstore, he runs into an acquaintance who invites him to a private showing of which artist's work?
4. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?
5. When the unnamed narrator attends a party in Part Four, he finds that the guests in the kitchen are different from the other guests in what way?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the theme of identity arise within the story about her family Noor relates to the unnamed narrator in Part Three?
2. 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?
3. What are the consequences of the mistake the intern makes in Part Four?
4. What is the unnamed narrator's specific reason for feeling the way he does about the totaled art?
5. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator visit the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital at the beginning of Part Three?
6. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between his requirements for reading conditions and his requirements for writing conditions?
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. Name three excuses the unnamed narrator uses when people ask to see him during his writers' residency.
9. How does the unnamed narrator meet Noor?
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 the significance of the final passages included at the end of 10:04.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of family bonds portrayed in 10:04? Examine Lerner's treatment of and messages regarding family bonds throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
Choose an object from 10:04, such as the child-size chair, the museum, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
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