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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?

4. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?

5. What is Passivityman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?

2. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?

3. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?

4. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?

5. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?

6. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?

7. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?

8. What did Amity tell Nathaniel about moving to New York, and how did he respond?

9. What is Lucien doing when he hears about the attack on the World Trade Center, and what is the rhetorical point being made by these details?

10. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?

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