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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 Nathaniel say history teaches us?

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

3. What does Isaac do for a living?

4. From the story's context, when must Charlie have died?

5. Where did Nathaniel meet Madison, Amity, and Lyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Rose and Issac.

9. Explain the non-event that "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" is centered on.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of "Nathaniel Recalls the Miracle" to the overall story. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one section of "Twilight of the Superheroes." Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the way that Eisenberg uses diction and syntax to support meaning in this section. Use quoted textual evidence to defend your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that compares and contrasts Nathaniel with his creation, Passivityman. Support your assertions with textual evidence.

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