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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. If he stays in the Midwest, what does Nathaniel suspect will be true about his life when he is eighty years old?

2. What surprises Lucien about what happened after Charlies's death?

3. How does the narrator characterize Miss Meuller's comment, on page 22, that Lucien is a "naughty boy"?

4. Who is Passivityman's nemesis?

5. What is Passivityman's girlfriend's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 purpose of including Rose and Isaac in "Twilight of the Idols." Use textual evidence to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Nathaniel. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.

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