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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 did the narrator's father realize after his first fight with his wife?
2. When is the reversible colon used?
3. What does the speaker call the severed web symbol?
4. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?
5. How many heart attacks had the speaker's father suffered when he told his son the secret to his successful marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the phone call between the speaker and his brother after he ended up in intensive care.
2. What does the speaker realize about himself after his father discusses how his brother was already a yes man?
3. 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?
4. What are low points? What conversation between the speaker and his mother does he use to exemplify their use?
5. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?
6. What did the speaker's brother learn after first experiencing chest pains and ultimately ending up in intensive care?
7. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
8. Describe the conversation the speaker relays between mother and father to show use of the corroboration mark.
9. What is one example the speaker gives of the use of a reversible colon?
10. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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