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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bateman want to sit next to at the concert, but someone else keeps trying to talk to him?
(a) Luis.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Courtney.
(d) Patricia.

2. Bateman goes cruising the meat packing district in a ___________ to find women to have sex with.
(a) Limo.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Car.
(d) Bus.

3. An artist at the party believes that the ____________ is moving on his plate, making him a central focus of the dinner.
(a) Fork.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Knife.

4. What is the profession of the man in the couple who Evelyn introduces to Price during this initial scene of the book?
(a) Artist.
(b) Banker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Sports player.

5. What does Price find as he is wandering around Evelyn's apartment at the beginning of the story?
(a) Another couple.
(b) A window open.
(c) Weed.
(d) A dead body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bateman decide to order from McDonald's after murdering the two beings that he murders after the dinner?

2. When Price and Bateman arrive at Evelyn's, they discover the women have laid out ____________ instead of being ready to go out to eat.

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

4. In the club, who decides to cause a scene as someone else is buying drinks and disappearing down the train tracks?

5. At the club, Bateman buys some _______________ and tries to find a stall for him and Evelyn to take it in.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bateman give as an excuse as to why Evelyn cannot come over to his apartment?

2. Why doesn't Bateman just have someone else do his Christmas shopping for him as he knows Jean would?

3. What does Bateman think about his secretary, Jean, as he indicates in the narrative?

4. What does Bateman tell his co-worker during the lunch when they talk about the Bahamas, though his co-worker doesn't hear what Bateman said?

5. What does the artist feel about the sushi that is being served at the dinner Bateman is attending at the start of the novel?

6. What are two of the subjects Bateman and his friends discuss when they are out at Harry's?

7. What do Bateman and Evelyn find when they go into the bathroom in order to do the drugs they bought?

8. What happens between Tim Price and the homeless man at the start of the novel?

9. Though Bateman apologizes about disliking the pizza at Pastels, what does McDermott insist about this pizza?

10. What does Bateman realize about Evelyn and Price as she is brushing her hair and Price is talking to her?

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