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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. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
2. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
3. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
4. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
5. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the speaker describe his relationships with women?
2. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
3. What symbol represents the pedal point? What does it mean? How is it different from an ellipses or dash?
4. What is the extraunxclamation points? What does the speaker think of them?
5. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?
6. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?
7. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?
8. What conversation does the speaker use to exemplify the silence mark? To whom is he speaking? What is the subject of their conversation?
9. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?
10. How does the speaker's father engage with the angry man in the example he uses of the extra exclamation points?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a review of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Foer’s focus on the theme of familial communication as presented in the story.
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