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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?
(a) City parks.
(b) Churches.
(c) Commercial buildings.
(d) Houses.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Animism.

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

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

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

12. What does Nathaniel think motivated his grandparents to move to the Midwest?
(a) Panic.
(b) Whimsy.
(c) Family loyalty.
(d) Poverty.

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 make the world worse just by living in it.
(c) They should pay more attention to their friends and families.
(d) They will never recover.

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

15. 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 always regret the decision not to go to New York.
(b) He will make partner at the architecture firm someday.
(c) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(d) He will be broke and have a terrible personal life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has changed in Lucien's attitude about art since Charlie's death?

2. In "Context," what does the narrative say is "unclear" for the roommates as they sit out on their terrace (16)?

3. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

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"?

5. To what does Lucien compare old age?

(see the answer keys)

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