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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. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
2. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
3. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
4. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the speaker describe his relationships with women?
2. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?
3. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?
4. What is the insistent question mark? When is it used per the speaker's example?
5. How does the speaker's father engage with the angry man in the example he uses of the extra exclamation points?
6. What is the extraunxclamation points? What does the speaker think of them?
7. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
8. What do readers learn of the grandmother's life in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
9. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?
10. How did the exchange between the speaker's father and the stranger end? What conclusion did the father come to in regards to his handling of the situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Foer's language style and word choice in "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." What are some words or phrases that stand out to you and why? What words or phrases are repeated? What words or phrases are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Foer’s focus on the theme of familial communication as presented in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Foer chose to write about the lack of candor in familial conversation by way of punctuation marks? How does this impact the themes of the narrative?
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