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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?
(a) He is becoming passive-aggressive.
(b) He is becoming fearful and mediocre.
(c) He is becoming a sell-out.
(d) He is becoming lazy.

2. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?
(a) What it was like in New York on 9/11/2001.
(b) How he got so old.
(c) How to make the world a better place.
(d) Whether he misses Charlie.

3. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?
(a) They will never recover.
(b) They should pay more attention to their friends and families.
(c) They have been self-absorbed.
(d) They make the world worse just by living in it.

4. What later part of the narrative is Lucien tied to when, on pages 16-17, the narrator says that "It's as if he's got some part that's simply worn out and needs replacing"?
(a) The description of 9/11.
(b) The discussion of superpowers.
(c) The argument between Amity and Madison.
(d) The discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.

5. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?
(a) Moving into Matsumoto's loft.
(b) Meeting his previously unknown sister.
(c) Breaking up with his girlfriend.
(d) Quitting his job.

6. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
(a) He will make partner at the architecture firm someday.
(b) He will always regret the decision not to go to New York.
(c) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(d) He will be broke and have a terrible personal life.

7. What has changed in Lucien's attitude about art since Charlie's death?
(a) He now prefers much darker, more serious art.
(b) He finds most art too "young" for his taste now.
(c) He wants to create it, not just sell it.
(d) He does not care about it the way he once did.

8. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?
(a) Gleeful.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Melancholy.

9. When Amity is trying to convince Nathaniel to move to New York, what does she say stands in his way?
(a) Fear.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Stubbornness.
(d) Money.

10. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?
(a) Went to check on his gallery.
(b) Went to bed with a glass of scotch.
(c) Went to visit Charlie's grave.
(d) Went to check on Nathaniel.

11. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
(a) Madame Mignon.
(b) Princess Prudence.
(c) Doctor Deidre.
(d) Ms. Melody.

12. After Charlie, Rose, and Isaac, who is the next person that Lucien imagines has come to see him in the gallery?
(a) Miss Mueller.
(b) The president.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) His deceased brohter.

13. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?
(a) Captain Corporation.
(b) Wesley Worldbank.
(c) Admiral Archvillain.
(d) Ultrawealthyman.

14. What is Passivityman?
(a) A comic series.
(b) A television series.
(c) A band.
(d) A video game.

15. To what does Lucien compare old age?
(a) A house without a kitchen.
(b) A tar pit.
(c) A bankrupt business.
(d) A garbage dump.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is a young adult, what does Nathaniel think about moving to New York?

2. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?

3. What surprises Lucien about what happened after Charlies's death?

4. What does Nathaniel think is happening to Passivityman?

5. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?

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