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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. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?
2. What phrase can the low point replace?
3. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?
4. What is the subject of the discussion the speaker uses to exemplify use of the low point?
5. Why does the speaker think he has become a yes man?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the final words that remain unspoken, as shown by the use of the should-have brackets, between father and son in the final conversation of the story?
2. What does the speaker's father confess to him about his marriage after his 19th heart attack?
3. What are the should-have brackets?
4. What did the speaker's brother learn after first experiencing chest pains and ultimately ending up in intensive care?
5. What is one example the speaker gives of the use of a reversible colon?
6. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
7. What does the speaker realize about himself after his father discusses how his brother was already a yes man?
8. Describe the phone call between the speaker and his brother after he ended up in intensive care.
9. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?
10. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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