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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 fearful and mediocre.
(b) He is becoming passive-aggressive.
(c) He is becoming a sell-out.
(d) He is becoming lazy.

2. What surprises Lucien about what happened after Charlies's death?
(a) His in-laws called him more often than before.
(b) He still wanted to have parties.
(c) His friends grew distant from him.
(d) He did not commit suicide.

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

4. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?
(a) Scrolling through Facebook.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Working on his costume.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What industry does Madison work in?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Law.
(c) Public relations.
(d) Music performance.

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

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

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

9. What does Nathaniel think is happening to Passivityman?
(a) He is growing up.
(b) He is losing his superpowers.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He is becoming more realistic.

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. 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 discussion of Nathaniel's parents' immigration.
(d) The argument between Amity and Madison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?

2. What detail does Nathaniel notice about Charlie and Lucien when they come to visit his family?

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. What is Passivityman?

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