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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Monette as he writes his autobiography "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story?"
(a) 39.
(b) 46.
(c) 60.
(d) 56.

2. Monette accuses which two public figures of being in the closet?
(a) Ray Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
(c) Roscoe Hillenkoeter and Walter Smith.
(d) James Dean and William Holden.

3. The greeting Richie gives to Paul by the bleachers is with _________.
(a) Coyness.
(b) Mockery.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Disdain.

4. What is Paul's reaction to the dirty jokes at school?
(a) He feels sinful just to hear them.
(b) He goes home to make up some of his own.
(c) He does not understand them.
(d) He loves them and tells them to Bobby.

5. According to Paul, what keeps him invisible?
(a) Straight men who write history.
(b) The families in the neighborhood.
(c) Society.
(d) Bobby and his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only thing Paul recalls about his body from his middle years is __________.

2. What nice thing does Gus and Abbot do?

3. Everyone knows Paul's new workplace by what name?

4. Finish the quote by E.O. Wilson: ". . . homosexuals may be the genetic carriers of mankind's ________ "

5. Who does the courtier role best work on?

(see the answer key)

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