View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathaniel suggest that people might be desperate enough to burn in the wake of a global computer failure?

2. What does Nathaniel say that ceremonial occasions remind us about?

3. What is Nathaniel's job in the narrative present?

4. Which character works for Itami Systems?

5. To what does Nathaniel compare the sight of Manhattan from Matsumoto's loft?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nathaniel's friends come to live with him?

2. Describe Rose and Issac.

3. What qualities does Nathaniel have that worry his parents?

4. What is the meaning of the title of the section of the story called "Innocence"?

5. What is the "Reunion" referred to in the title of the sixth section of the story?

6. What is the "View" that the third section of the story is titled for, and why is it special?

7. Where are Nathaniel and his friends, in the narrative present, and what are they doing?

8. What phrase makes Lucien think about the frog and the boiling water, and why?

9. 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?

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 compares and contrasts Nathaniel's and Lucien's ways of dealing with emotional obstacles. 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 makes and defends a claim about the role that religion plays in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Defend your ideas with textual evidence.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 942 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample