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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What goal does Paul have due to the bullying around school?
(a) To start talking about girls.
(b) To get good in sports.
(c) To be as regular as possible.
(d) To learn dirty jokes.

2. Those who wait to love as long as Paul come to what possible endings?
(a) A sentamentalist or die of disillusion.
(b) A cynic or a mascot of hope.
(c) A dead end coward or a bomb ready to explode.
(d) A dry prune or the symbol of persistence.

3. How does Paul view Sean and Jake?
(a) As west coast privileged preppies.
(b) As cold as the Apollos at Philips Academy.
(c) As intellectual competition.
(d) As an opportunity to be more than nothing.

4. What lavish event does Paul get to partake in?
(a) Francis's bar mitzvah.
(b) Nana Lamb's second wedding.
(c) Cabot's cotillion.
(d) Philip's confirmation;.

5. What does Paul experience for the first time in Cambridge?
(a) Sex with a girl.
(b) Being invited to so many parties.
(c) Kissing another man.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression does Paul and Alida give off when they are together?

2. What is Paul hoping will happen in Europe?

3. Greg and Paul's relationship can be described as _________.

4. How old is Monette as he writes his autobiography "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story?"

5. How does Paul handle his loneliness over the years after college?

(see the answer key)

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