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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major change occurs in Paul when he returns from Georgia?
(a) He no longer distracts himself with a busy social schedule.
(b) He is openly gay.
(c) He stops all relationships and one-night stands.
(d) He is able to have sex in his relationships again.

2. Paul gets into what dangerous situation in France?
(a) A bar fight with a man much bigger than he.
(b) He is mugged as he walks out of a theater.
(c) A man attempts to make Paul perform oral sex.
(d) He almost loses his plane ticket home.

3. What does Paul imagine himself to be if he is to never come out of the closet?
(a) A damned fool.
(b) An old man like Raf.
(c) A depressed poet.
(d) A lonely schoolteacher.

4. What eventually happens to Greg?
(a) He moves away the following year.
(b) He is expelled.
(c) He is drafted into the war.
(d) He runs away.

5. Who does Paul dedicate his book of poems to?
(a) Alida and Ellen.
(b) Julia and César.
(c) Roger and Stevie.
(d) His parents and Bobby.

6. Why does Paul head to Monaco?
(a) Someone he meets suggests it to him.
(b) He hears gay men are more open there.
(c) Because Betsy wants to.
(d) He is to meet his friend David.

7. According to Paul, what makes Ellen so pretty?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Her wild ways.
(c) Her mysteriousness.
(d) Her laugh.

8. What is Paul's response to the possibility that he may one day have to take care of Bobby?
(a) He is stressed about it but will do anything for his brother.
(b) He believes his parents are looking to the wrong person.
(c) He starts planning how Bobby will fit into his life immediately.
(d) He tells his parents he refuses to give up his own life for his brother's.

9. What is a noticeable trait of César?
(a) He's a charming socialite.
(b) He knows how to talk smoothly to women.
(c) He is a closet gay.
(d) He freezes up in large groups.

10. What is most different about Paul after his one night stand with the Navy man?
(a) He walks with his head up higher.
(b) He can talk to anyone.
(c) He is shyer than ever before.
(d) He will only talk to women.

11. What is the bond between Paul and Star's friendship?
(a) Their love for art history.
(b) There common feelings about their parents.
(c) Share of grief over Bill.
(d) Their search for a purpose in life after college.

12. What does Paul like to answer when someones asks what he is doing?
(a) "Writing a novel."
(b) "Travelling the world."
(c) "Getting material."
(d) "Writing poetry."

13. What does Paul purposefully do one Saturday after seeing some theater?
(a) Go to a pub to pick someone up.
(b) Flirt with a man older than him.
(c) Take the first train home to avoid the crowds.
(d) Miss the last train home.

14. What does Cantwell tell Paul to stop doing?
(a) Living his life like a novel.
(b) Dating men.
(c) Dating women.
(d) Having one-night stands.

15. How does Paul begin seeing Cantwell?
(a) Alida sees Cantwell first and Cantwell suggest Paul comes to a session.
(b) At a friend's urging.
(c) César encourages Paul.
(d) Paul sees an advertisement.

Short Answer Questions

1. As soon as Paul finishes sex with the Navy man, how does he feel?

2. Where does Paul turn to in order to avoid going back to his cold home?

3. What excuse does Julia give to break up with Paul?

4. As usual, who does Paul best get along with at Canton?

5. Where is the only place Paul feels he can hide?

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