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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. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?
2. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?
3. The unnamed narrator states that "the most riveting and disturbing and particular passages" of his one book "are about" (166) which topic?
4. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
5. The unnamed narrator must leave in the middle of Noor's story one day during their shift to check if which item is in stock?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Michael and how does the unnamed narrator meet him?
2. How does the theme of fatherhood enter the narrative in Part Four?
3. How does the unnamed narrator end up at a party in Part Four?
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. For what reason does the unnamed narrator travel to Texas in Part Four?
6. 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?
7. What mistake does the intern make in Part Four and what similar mistake does the unnamed narrator make?
8. How does the unnamed narrator's usual routine change during his writers' residency?
9. What is "totaled art" (130) and how had Alena acquired some of it prior to the novel's opening?
10. What is the only low point in the adventure Roberto and the unnamed narrator go on together in Part Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within 10:04.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Lerner's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different physical locations in a particular way within the narrative of 10:04.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Lerner’s novel 10:04. What message is Lerner sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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