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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. When Nathaniel was younger, what did he dream of designing?

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

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 doing when the reader first encounters him?

5. What is Passivityman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Matsumoto's loft and its terrace. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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