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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nathaniel think is happening to Passivityman?

5. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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