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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 Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?
2. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
3. What industry does Madison work in?
4. 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"?
5. When he is a young adult, what does Nathaniel think about moving to New York?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?
2. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?
3. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?
4. 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?
5. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?
6. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?
7. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?
8. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?
9. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?
10. What did Amity tell Nathaniel about moving to New York, and how did he respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the motif of privilege in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Support your claims with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay that compares and contrasts Nathaniel with his creation, Passivityman. Support your assertions with textual evidence.
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