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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. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?

2. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?

3. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?

4. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

5. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?

2. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

3. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

4. Why does the unnamed narrator refer to a particular scene in Part One as having "faded from the photograph" (24)?

5. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

6. Of what type of metafiction is Part Two: The Golden Vanity composed?

7. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

8. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?

9. What action by the author comprises the tender moment he experiences with Liza in a taxi in Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

10. How did Alex and the unnamed narrator first meet and when?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lerner's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different physical locations in a particular way within the narrative of 10:04.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lerner's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of 10:04. What purpose did Lerner have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Lerner go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to influence the reader's experience with the text?

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