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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 Passivityman?
2. What detail does Nathaniel notice about Charlie and Lucien when they come to visit his family?
3. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?
4. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?
5. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?
2. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?
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. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?
6. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?
7. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?
8. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?
9. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?
10. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of Matsumoto's loft and its terrace. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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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