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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops when Monette finally comes out of the closet?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Blame.
(c) Pain.
(d) Guilt.

2. What does Paul struggle to do as he swims with Francis?
(a) Not overkill his talk about Betsy to prove he is not gay.
(b) Tell Francis the truth about his sexual preference.
(c) Allow Francis to tell Paul he is gay.
(d) Not show his attraction for him.

3. Monette accuses which two public figures of being in the closet?
(a) James Dean and William Holden.
(b) Ray Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Roscoe Hillenkoeter and Walter Smith.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

4. Paul surprisingly does what on Bastille Day?
(a) Meets a girl and makes out with her.
(b) Have a one night stand.
(c) Tells Francis the truth.
(d) Attends a mass at Notre Dame.

5. Those who wait to love as long as Paul come to what possible endings?
(a) A dry prune or the symbol of persistence.
(b) A sentamentalist or die of disillusion.
(c) A dead end coward or a bomb ready to explode.
(d) A cynic or a mascot of hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word choice is Monette aware of but feels the need to use?

2. Paul is inspired to do what while at Rye Harbor?

3. What does Paul like to answer when someones asks what he is doing?

4. What does Paul imagine himself to be if he is to never come out of the closet?

5. By what age does Paul enter therapy?

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