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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Lucien's assistant?
2. After Charlie became ill, what did Lucien feel was happening to the world?
3. Why is Lyle sad all of the time?
4. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
5. What made tears come into Nathaniel's eyes the first time he saw Matsumoto's loft?
Short Essay Questions
1. What phrase makes Lucien think about the frog and the boiling water, and why?
2. Describe Rose and Issac.
3. What is the "View" that the third section of the story is titled for, and why is it special?
4. Where are Nathaniel and his friends, in the narrative present, and what are they doing?
5. How does the "View" referred to in the third section of the story change in its significance for Nathaniel between his arrival in New York and the narrative present?
6. What is the "Reunion" referred to in the title of the sixth section of the story?
7. Why did Nathaniel's friends come to live with him?
8. What qualities does Nathaniel have that worry his parents?
9. What is the meaning of the title of the section of the story called "Innocence"?
10. Explain the non-event that "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" is centered on.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the thematic motif of erasure in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes the motif of appearances versus reality in "Twilight of the superheroes." Support your claims with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the image of the blue September sky in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.
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