View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

2. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

3. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

4. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?

2. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.

3. What is the insistent question mark? When is it used per the speaker's example?

4. How did the exchange between the speaker's father and the stranger end? What conclusion did the father come to in regards to his handling of the situation?

5. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?

6. What is the extraunxclamation points? What does the speaker think of them?

7. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?

8. What symbol represents the pedal point? What does it mean? How is it different from an ellipses or dash?

9. What conversation does the speaker use to exemplify the silence mark? To whom is he speaking? What is the subject of their conversation?

10. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease" similar or different from his other works?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Foer of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.

Essay Topic 3

Write a brief essay analyzing the title "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 854 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample