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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bails Stofsky out of jail?
(a) Paul.
(b) Winnie.
(c) His father.
(d) Agatson.

2. Who of the following is NOT going to the West Coast?
(a) Gene.
(b) Ed.
(c) Paul.
(d) Hart.

3. At the news office, Stofsky writes a verse about __________________.
(a) war.
(b) greed.
(c) inhumanity.
(d) love.

4. How does Hart make Dinah bleed?
(a) He pinches her with pliers.
(b) He throws a glass at her.
(c) He punches her in the forehead.
(d) He cuts her hand.

5. What does Stofsky do when he thinks the cops will be showing up at his apartment?
(a) Calls his lawyer.
(b) Flushes his drugs.
(c) Grabs money and runs.
(d) Turns off all the lights.

6. What drug does Ben offer to Hart in Chapter 7?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Benzedrine.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

7. Paul writes in a letter to Liza that he thinks of them as ___________________.
(a) doomed lovers.
(b) star-crossed lovers.
(c) true lovers.
(d) eternal lovers.

8. With whom is Verger in love?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Joely.
(c) Amanda.
(d) May.

9. What has Kathryn found in the apartment?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Paul's letters to Liza.
(c) A mouse.
(d) Some stashed money.

10. Stofsky calls his letters from Ketcham and Verger ______________________.
(a) nuisances.
(b) rejection slips of the soul.
(c) a parting of the ways.
(d) wake-up calls.

11. What else does Paul try to explain to the woman in #136?
(a) The beat generation.
(b) Ennui.
(c) The search for love.
(d) Fear of failure.

12. Why did May never kiss Verger?
(a) She is a lesbian.
(b) She was too shy.
(c) She was afraid she would get tuberculosis.
(d) She did not love him.

13. Who is killed in the subway?
(a) Albert.
(b) Paul.
(c) Gene.
(d) Agatson.

14. Who does Paul call to go out for the evening?
(a) Noelle.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Christine.
(d) Estelle.

15. Who is Winnie's boyfriend?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mr. Big.
(c) Ace.
(d) Little Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paul tells Gene that he _______________________ about Gene's affair with Kathryn.

2. What had a friend recently sent to Stofsky's post office box?

3. Paul says that _______________ is about feeling so deeply that you go beyond it, to the end of feeling, and to a loss of interest in everything.

4. What had Hart done two years earlier while taking the drug in #97?

5. Who was a close drinking buddy of the man in #175?

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