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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bateman decide that he needs to get before he can settle in for an evening at home?
(a) His laundry.
(b) Groceries.
(c) Dog.
(d) New sheets.

2. Bateman goes to lunch with a co-worker who just returned from _____________ and talks about the commercial advantages of vacationing there.
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) The Hamptons.
(c) Florida.
(d) The Caymans.

3. Who does Bateman realize is in love with him and he thinks that he might marry her one day?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Courtney.
(c) Jean.
(d) Joann.

4. Bateman in another section discusses ______________, the band, in great detail, exhaustively dissecting each of their albums and pointing out the songs which make them great.
(a) The Bangles.
(b) The Police.
(c) Genesis.
(d) U2.

5. What does Bateman promise to Courtney when he drops her off at a club?
(a) He will park the car and be right in.
(b) He will not kill her.
(c) He will be back with drugs.
(d) He will love her forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. McDermott insists to Bateman that his idol, __________________, loves the pizza at Pastels, even though Bateman does not.

2. Who is the man from Bateman's office who mistakes him for Marcus Halberstam, a mistake Bateman does not correct?

3. What does Bateman argue about with the woman who is working at the dry cleaner when he goes to drop off and pick up laundry?

4. What club do Patricia and Bateman decide to go to, though when they go, the place is nearly empty?

5. Bateman rushes _____________ out of the room when he realizes that his identity might be discovered.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bateman brush off the girl from his apartment who wants to make a date with him?

2. What do Price and Bateman discover when they arrive at Evelyn's house after their taxi ride?

3. Why doesn't Bateman want to share a pizza with the others, even though one person suggests they all do so?

4. Why is Bateman worried when they arrive at Pastels at the start of this section of the book?

5. What does Bateman lecture a homeless man about on his way home from a black tie dinner?

6. What are two of the subjects Bateman and his friends discuss when they are out at Harry's?

7. What does Bateman do when he is cruising in the meat packing district after talking with Courtney?

8. What is the problem at the dry cleaners at the start of this section of the book which causes Bateman to argue with the owners?

9. What does Bateman find out about his date one night with Patricia, as indicated by several messages on his answering machine?

10. What does Bateman feel he has embarrassed himself with in the course of the dinner conversation?

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