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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 does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?
(a) What it was like in New York on 9/11/2001.
(b) Whether he misses Charlie.
(c) How to make the world a better place.
(d) How he got so old.

2. What has changed in Lucien's attitude about art since Charlie's death?
(a) He now prefers much darker, more serious art.
(b) He finds most art too "young" for his taste now.
(c) He does not care about it the way he once did.
(d) He wants to create it, not just sell it.

3. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?
(a) Moving into Matsumoto's loft.
(b) Breaking up with his girlfriend.
(c) Meeting his previously unknown sister.
(d) Quitting his job.

4. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
(a) Princess Prudence.
(b) Ms. Melody.
(c) Doctor Deidre.
(d) Madame Mignon.

5. 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 did not commit suicide.
(d) He still wanted to have parties.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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