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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. What does Bateman decide that he needs to get before he can settle in for an evening at home?

2. Bateman humiliates the manicurist for ________________ when he's at he salon.

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

4. Why does Bateman go out to buy gifts for everyone instead of sending Jean to do it?

5. Who is the man from Bateman's office who mistakes him for Marcus Halberstam, a mistake Bateman does not correct?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bateman decides to go to the store to pick up some groceries for a quiet night in?

2. Who is the other couple that is in the apartment with Bateman, Price, and the two women?

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

4. What do Price and Bateman realize about the drugs that they have received from the dealer?

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

6. How does Bateman brush off the girl from his apartment who wants to make a date with him?

7. What does Bateman feel he has embarrassed himself with in the course of the dinner conversation?

8. Why is the man who opens up the laundry from Bateman not surprised by what he finds in the bag?

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

10. Why does Bateman rush himself out of the party that Evelyn throws, asking her to come with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bateman decides to give Evelyn a chocolate covered urinal cake to play a mean prank on her.

Part 1: Why do you think Bateman decided to try to give Evelyn this disgusting dessert?

Part 2: Why do you think Bateman doesn't get the satisfaction he expected from this prank of sorts?

Part 3: Do you think Bateman has the ability to care about anyone in his life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, names from the late 1980s are mentioned in the narrative by Bateman.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important for Bateman to name names in this book?

Part 2: How do you feel about someone who seems to be a name-dropper, or someone who is only interested in talking about the 'cool' people he knows or meets?

Part 3: Do you think that being obsessed with pop culture is a good thing? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The men in the book seem focused on materials, women, and on getting drugs as well.

Part 1: Do you think the lifestyle of the men in this book is one which is considered to be ideal in today's society? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you perceive the men in this book? Would you be friends with them? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think the men in this book seem only to be interested in pleasure?

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