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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. In Chapter 3, where is the group headed?

2. What color is the mist that comes from the pen and is inhaled by the Sailor?

3. The men and boys involved in the orgy are described as being of different what?

4. What does Dr. Benway use to operate on a woman in Chapter 7?

5. NG Joe had a disorder in which death occurs during what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Willy at Hassan’s Hospital in “Hospital”? How is his situation described?

2. What are the two nonhuman creatures described by the author in “The Black Meat”?

3. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

4. What is symbolized by the disease Bang-utot in the narrative?

5. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

6. William looks down on the other passengers of the bus because they do not know anything about the drug subculture but pretend to in “And Start West.” Why is this significant to the novel’s themes?

7. How is the setting of “Campus of Interzone University” described? What is the Professor lecturing about at the beginning of the chapter?

8. How does William deal with the deaths of his friends in “The Rube”? Why is this significant?

9. How is Joselito described? Where is he in the beginning of the chapter named for him?

10. Where is William traveling in the beginning of “The Rube”? How does the Rube die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the style of the narrative and its relationship to the Beat Generation movement. What stylistic elements arose in the writing of the Beat writers? What was the critical and public response to Naked Lunch?

Essay Topic 2

The novel was the first of its kind to use graphic, sexual language. As a reader, what is the effect of the graphic descriptions of sex and violence? How would these factors contribute to the initial public reception of the book in the 1950s?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Manuel in “Lazarus Go Home.” What history does William share with Manuel? How has Manuel changed from the days when he was still using drugs? How does William feel about those changes?

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