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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bateman end up buying at D'Agastino's that he doesn't actually need to buy?
(a) Box of cereal.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Ice.
(d) Condoms.

2. When Bateman moves to a different seat, he feels like the lead singer, ______________, is staring at him and that the two of them make a soul connection.
(a) Bono.
(b) Phil Collins.
(c) Whitney Houston.
(d) Sting.

3. What does Bateman convince the young prostitute to do while he is on the phone with the escort service?
(a) Play with his dog.
(b) Leave the apartment.
(c) Stand on the porch.
(d) Take a bath.

4. Who becomes offended by the whole bathroom situation and storms out of the club?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Price.
(d) The escort.

5. While at dinner, Bateman and his friends discuss questions they might want to send into a magazine. What magazine is discussed?
(a) Maxim.
(b) Playboy.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) GQ.

6. Bateman has dinner with _________ and her friends at a place called Deck Chairs one evening in this section of the book.
(a) Patricia.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Courtney.
(d) Evelyn.

7. When Bateman talks with the two blondes in his apartment, it becomes clear they are confused by _________________.
(a) His dog.
(b) What he does for a living.
(c) The blood on the floor.
(d) His instructions.

8. Bateman goes into a video story to rent __________, but leaves when he notices a co-worker there too.
(a) Porn.
(b) An action flick.
(c) A drama.
(d) A comedy.

9. What do Bateman and Courtney argue about when they go back to Courtney's apartment to have sex?
(a) Movies.
(b) Protection.
(c) Books.
(d) Children.

10. Bateman rushes _____________ out of the room when he realizes that his identity might be discovered.
(a) Owen.
(b) Courtney.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Price.

11. Bateman tells the frightened woman that he cannot take her out because he has ____________ in his freezer.
(a) Steak.
(b) Her neighbor's head.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Too many leftovers.

12. What club do Patricia and Bateman decide to go to, though when they go, the place is nearly empty?
(a) PartyHaus.
(b) Go Go.
(c) Xclusive.
(d) Tunnel.

13. As his co-worker is talking, Bateman thinks about the Patty Winters Show and the ___________ parade he saw on his way to work.
(a) Peace.
(b) Gay pride.
(c) War.
(d) Anti United States.

14. What is the name of the health club where Bateman works out during the day?
(a) Xclusive.
(b) Fitman.
(c) Tunnel.
(d) Gold's Gym.

15. Patrick Bateman and Tim Price get to Evelyn's home by _________ at the start of the book.
(a) Car.
(b) Bus.
(c) Train.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the man in the couple who Evelyn introduces to Price during this initial scene of the book?

2. Where do Price and Bateman go for dinner toward the end of this section of the book?

3. What does not shock the dry cleaner when they pull out Bateman's laundry from its bag?

4. Who stays with Price even as the others in their group decide to go into the club's basement?

5. Who does Bateman attempt to kill in order to get Courtney all to himself, though the attempt is not successful?

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