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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. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?
2. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?
3. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
4. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?
5. What later part of the narrative is Lucien tied to when, on pages 16-17, the narrator says that "It's as if he's got some part that's simply worn out and needs replacing"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?
2. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?
3. 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?
4. What did Amity tell Nathaniel about moving to New York, and how did he respond?
5. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?
6. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?
7. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?
8. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?
9. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?
10. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the roles of Madison, Amity, and Lyle in the story. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that traces the history behind the title "Twilight of the Superheroes" and shows how this history impacts a reader's understanding of the story itself. Use textual evidence to support your claims, and be sure to cite any outside sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the motif of immigration in the story. Support your ideas with textual evidence.
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