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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 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"?
3. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?
4. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?
5. Which of these is one of the world's "three great religions" according to people like Miss Muller?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Passivityman fight against, and how is the fight going?
2. How did Lucien and Charlie's visit to Nathaniel's family impact him?
3. What does Lucien feel so embarrassed about in "Information"?
4. What impact did witnessing the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center have on Nathaniel and his friends?
5. 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?
6. What does Lucien do with Matsumoto's loft in the time period after the September 11th attacks, and why?
7. What did Amity tell Nathaniel about moving to New York, and how did he respond?
8. What comparison does Nathaniel make between his roommates and Passivityman?
9. What question does Miss Mueller ask Lucien in "Opportunism," and why does he respond the way he does?
10. What insight does Lucien have about aging in "Information"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the motif of appearances versus reality in "Twilight of the superheroes." Support your claims with textual evidence.
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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