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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 the unnamed narrator returns to hear the rest of Noor's story, how many minutes must he wait while everyone else stops listening?
2. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?
3. At what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?
4. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
5. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author at dinner that which of his body fluids is "abnormal" (121)?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does the unnamed narrator travel to Texas in Part Four?
2. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding the Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture in Part Three and how do Alena and Peter react to his reaction?
3. On what adventure does the unnamed narrator take eight-year-old Roberto in Part Three?
4. In what way does the unnamed narrator set up a dichotomy between the art of the "readymade" (133) and the totaled art in Alena's institute?
5. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?
6. What aspect of Walt Whitman's strange autobiography Specimen Days disgusts the unnamed narrator and why?
7. How does the unnamed narrator meet Noor?
8. What object does the unnamed narrator keep patting inside his pocket as he makes his way to the seventh floor of New-York Presbyterian Hospital?
9. The unnamed narrator finds himself working diligently in Texas, but "on the wrong thing" (170). What other piece does he work on instead?
10. Discuss an instance when Lerner includes an allusion to one of his own literary works.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Lerner in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of 10:04. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Lerner’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Lerner’s use of the motif of sound within the novel 10:04.
Essay Topic 3
What is Lerner’s purpose for including visual images within the novel 10:04?
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