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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 is the first thing that Lucien did when the World Trade Center was attacked?

2. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?

3. What does Amity tell Nathaniel is happening to Passivityman?

4. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

5. What is Passivityman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?

2. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?

3. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?

4. What did Amity tell Nathaniel about moving to New York, and how did he respond?

5. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?

6. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?

7. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?

8. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?

9. 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?

10. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Nathaniel. 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 analyzes the image of the blue September sky in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.

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