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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 Nathaniel think is happening to Passivityman?
(a) He is becoming more realistic.
(b) He is losing his superpowers.
(c) He is growing up.
(d) He is depressed.

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

3. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
(a) He will end up taking care of his parents for many years.
(b) He will be broke and have a terrible personal life.
(c) He will make partner at the architecture firm someday.
(d) He will always regret the decision not to go to New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?

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