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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. What is Passivityman doing when the reader first encounters him?

2. What does Nathaniel think is happening to Passivityman?

3. What incident seems to have sparked a permanent change in Madison?

4. What is Passivityman?

5. What does Lucien think is "the usual stupid question" (17)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 motif of privilege in "Twilight of the Superheroes." Support your claims with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the roles of Madison, Amity, and Lyle in the story. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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