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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 Price find as he is wandering around Evelyn's apartment at the beginning of the story?

2. After the concert, Bateman finds out that two of the _____________ tried to get Courtney and Evelyn backstage to meet the band.

3. Bateman listens as the women talk about settling down to _______________ when he is at dinner with them.

4. Whose concert does Bateman end up seeing because Luis Carruthers decides to arrange it for the group of friends?

5. What does Bateman end up buying at D'Agastino's that he doesn't actually need to buy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Paul Owen comes over to the table at Harry's to talk with Bateman and the other men?

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

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

7. What does Bateman do when he is cruising in the meat packing district after talking with Courtney?

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

9. When Evelyn asks whether Bateman has seen Tim Price, what does Bateman reveal that he knows about Price?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

While Bateman confesses to the horrific things he has done, everyone he tells refuses to believe him.

Part 1: Why do you think Bateman even feels the need to confess for the crimes he has committed?

Part 2: Why do you think that Bateman's friends and lawyer don't believe that he could ever be a killer?

Part 3: How do you think you would react if Bateman told you that he was a killer? Would you believe him if you knew him?

Essay Topic 3

Even though he has dead bodies in his apartment, Bateman goes out shopping for something at Barney's.

Part 1: Do you think Bateman ever feels guilt for the killings he has committed? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think Bateman feels comfortable leaving the dead bodies unsupervised?

Part 3: If you were in Bateman's shoes, would you have disposed of the bodies before leaving the apartment for a while? Why or why not?

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