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

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

3. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?
(a) Went to check on his gallery.
(b) Went to visit Charlie's grave.
(c) Went to bed with a glass of scotch.
(d) Went to check on Nathaniel.

4. 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) Which of them is the most passive.
(c) Where they will live next.
(d) What they are looking at.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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