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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 does Bateman end up buying at D'Agastino's that he doesn't actually need to buy?

2. Who is not thrilled with Evelyn's choice in friends, according to the narrative at the start of the book?

3. How does Bateman brush off the girl from his apartment who seems to want to set a date with him?

4. ___________ seems agitated at the club and unhappy, fixated on the railroad tracks that run through the club.

5. When Price and Bateman arrive at Evelyn's, they discover the women have laid out ____________ instead of being ready to go out to eat.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the man who opens up the laundry from Bateman not surprised by what he finds in the bag?

2. What do Bateman and Evelyn find when they go into the bathroom in order to do the drugs they bought?

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

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

5. What does Bateman tell his co-worker during the lunch when they talk about the Bahamas, though his co-worker doesn't hear what Bateman said?

6. What does Bateman experience when he is watching Bono in U2 for the first time when out with friends?

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

8. Who is the other couple that is in the apartment with Bateman, Price, and the two women?

9. What happens when Bateman decides to go to the store to pick up some groceries for a quiet night in?

10. What do Price and Bateman realize about the drugs that they have received from the dealer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bateman seems to be a person who is very methodical in the way he approaches his life.

Part 1: Do you think it's a normal behavior to have a very rigid schedule? Why or why not?

Part 2: What do you think would happen if Bateman was not able to follow each of the rigid steps in his everyday schedule? Why?

Part 3: How do you think the rigid cleaning schedule of Bateman helps him in his life? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Bateman does not have the strength to tell Jean that there would be no way to get a reservation at a high end restaurant on such short notice.

Part 1: Why do you think it matters to Bateman that he gets reservations at the best places?

Part 2: Why do you think Jean isn't worried or upset about the reservation snafu?

Part 3: Do you think that Bateman doesn't feel the urgent need to kill Jean as he does with other women?

Essay Topic 3

While Bateman confesses to the horrific things he has done, everyone he tells refuses to believe him.

Part 1: Why do you think Bateman even feels the need to confess for the crimes he has committed?

Part 2: Why do you think that Bateman's friends and lawyer don't believe that he could ever be a killer?

Part 3: How do you think you would react if Bateman told you that he was a killer? Would you believe him if you knew him?

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