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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 discover at the place he goes to visit that was not there before?

2. Bateman denies having feelings for ___________ even though she admits her love freely.

3. When Bateman finds himself without plans for dinner, who does he decide to ask to go out with him?

4. Who calls and yells at Bateman for forgetting a dinner date which was planned in advance?

5. What happens when Jean and Bateman are found to not have a reservation at the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bateman reveal about his feelings toward Jean, who he has been seeing regularly?

2. How does Jean respond to the incident with the restaurant and the reservation snafu?

3. What does Ted Bundy reveal in his letters to his fiancee as Bateman hears them read on the Patty Winters show?

4. What does Bateman use to torture the two women who he brings back to his apartment during the first part of this section?

5. What adds to Bateman's frustration about the night he is spending at Nell's with some other men?

6. What happens when Bateman goes to Smith & Wollensky with McDermott? What does Bateman fail to do?

7. Why does Bateman not end up shooting and killing everyone at the gym where he works out?

8. What does Bateman do one day when he meets up with Paul Owen for lunch?

9. What does Bateman decide to do after he is done killing the two women in his apartment?

10. What does Bateman do with the body of Paul Owen after he murders him? Where does he put it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bateman does not have the strength to tell Jean that there would be no way to get a reservation at a high end restaurant on such short notice.

Part 1: Why do you think it matters to Bateman that he gets reservations at the best places?

Part 2: Why do you think Jean isn't worried or upset about the reservation snafu?

Part 3: Do you think that Bateman doesn't feel the urgent need to kill Jean as he does with other women?

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

Bateman tells a girl that he feels the need to hurt her, so she should leave before anything happens.

Part 1: Why do you think Bateman chose to let that woman know that she should leave?

Part 2: How do you think you would react if someone told you they were afraid they might hurt you?

Part 3: Do you think Bateman has the ability to stop killing other people? Why or why not?

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