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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 does Lucien end up saying to his assistant on page 8 when he wants to give her a piece of advice?
2. What does Isaac do for a living?
3. Besides their minimal rent, what task are Nathaniel and his roommates performing in exchange for a place to live?
4. What does Nathaniel do with his spare time that his parents find worrisome?
5. To whom does Nathaniel imagine telling the story of the Y2K computer issue?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the "View" that the third section of the story is titled for, and why is it special?
2. 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?
3. What qualities does Nathaniel have that worry his parents?
4. What is the "Reunion" referred to in the title of the sixth section of the story?
5. What is the meaning of the title of the section of the story called "Innocence"?
6. Describe Rose and Issac.
7. Where are Nathaniel and his friends, in the narrative present, and what are they doing?
8. Explain the non-event that "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" is centered on.
9. Why did Nathaniel's friends come to live with him?
10. What phrase makes Lucien think about the frog and the boiling water, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Miss Mueller. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of New York as a setting in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Use textual evidence to defend your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the characters who leave New York--Matsumoto, Jahan, and Delphine. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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