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

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

3. 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 are uncomfortable.
(d) They bring books to read.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?

3. What does Lucien think about himself and his friends, in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

4. What is Passivityman?

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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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