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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) Doctor Deidre.
(b) Ms. Melody.
(c) Madame Mignon.
(d) Princess Prudence.

2. 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.

3. 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 be broke and have a terrible personal life.
(d) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. When he is a young adult, what does Nathaniel think about moving to New York?
(a) He is not worthy.
(b) He will not be able to meet the right woman there.
(c) It is too crowded and busy.
(d) His parents would be upset.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?

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

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

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

5. To what does Lucien compare old age?

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