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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. What does Bateman ask Jean to look out for as he wants to buy one when he can?
(a) Tanning bed.
(b) Walkman.
(c) Digital phone.
(d) Flat screen TV.

2. At the club, Bateman buys some _______________ and tries to find a stall for him and Evelyn to take it in.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Meth.
(c) Weed.
(d) Heroin.

3. What does Bateman's date seem to want to do during their date, though he dislikes this activity?
(a) Go out to eat.
(b) Go to an art show.
(c) Go to a concert.
(d) Go to a movie.

4. ___________ seems agitated at the club and unhappy, fixated on the railroad tracks that run through the club.
(a) McDermott.
(b) Price.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Bateman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Bateman bribes __________ limo driver into taking Bateman and Evelyn to a club.

3. Evelyn has hired ___________ to be the wait staff at her annual holiday party, which is disturbing and fascinating to Bateman.

4. Patrick Bateman and Tim Price get to Evelyn's home by _________ at the start of the book.

5. McDermott insists to Bateman that his idol, __________________, loves the pizza at Pastels, even though Bateman does not.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bateman lecture a homeless man about on his way home from a black tie dinner?

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

3. What is disturbing to Bateman about the party which Evelyn throws for the Christmas holiday?

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

5. What does Bateman find out about his date one night with Patricia, as indicated by several messages on his answering machine?

6. Why doesn't Bateman want to share a pizza with the others, even though one person suggests they all do so?

7. Why does Bateman become angry with Evelyn during the course of his dinner with her?

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

9. 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?

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

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