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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What detail does Nathaniel notice about Charlie and Lucien when they come to visit his family?
(a) They wear a lot of jewelry.
(b) They are boastful.
(c) They bring books to read.
(d) They are uncomfortable.

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

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

5. 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 discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.
(b) The argument between Amity and Madison.
(c) The discussion of superpowers.
(d) The description of 9/11.

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

7. 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 be broke and have a terrible personal life.
(c) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(d) He will always regret the decision not to go to New York.

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

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

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

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

12. In "Context," what does the narrative say is "unclear" for the roommates as they sit out on their terrace (16)?
(a) Which of them is the most passive.
(b) What they are looking at.
(c) Where they will live next.
(d) Whether they want to stay in New York.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What industry does Madison work in?

2. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?

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

4. What does Nathaniel think motivated his grandparents to move to the Midwest?

5. When Amity is trying to convince Nathaniel to move to New York, what does she say stands in his way?

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