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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paul reach the Provence?
(a) With two French ladies who see him sleeping under a cafe table.
(b) A crowded local bus that takes many hours from Paris.
(c) Hitchikes on a truck with some pigs.
(d) Catches a train with another American.

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

3. How does Paul feel about his trials with women?
(a) It is shameful.
(b) It is necessary.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It is demeaning.

4. What does Paul tell anyone for the first time during his autobiographical reading?
(a) About Bobby and his medical issues.
(b) That he is scared of life.
(c) That he is writing a novel.
(d) That he is gay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bobby asks Paul if he is sleeping with Alida. Of the following, which best matches the answer Paul replies to Bobby?

2. Who does Paul console on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

3. What keeps Paul from being drafted?

4. How does the man from the airplane turn Paul off?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Paul has several ideas concerning love. According to Paul, love allows a person to do what? What is needed from a person the deeper love gets?

2. How does Paul feel about graduation time at Yale?

3. On what note does Paul's first year at Canton end? How is it another example of the patterns in his life?

4. Although many of Paul's friends die due to AIDS and he expects the same ending, what he Paul happy about?

5. As Paul starts up various relationships during his time of therapy, how does his whirlwind of affairs end?

6. Paul describes walking away as important in interior decorating. Why is it important to be able to walk away? How is this the life of the high Bohemian? How does this match Paul's personality?

7. What moment does Paul finally get that is comparable to the Andover jocks that tease Mr. Nindle? How does Paul react to it?

8. What epiphany does Paul realize as he gets to know the personal loves of all his lovers during his spree of flings in Boston?

9. Compare and contrast Paul's life and role between Sutton Hill and Canton Academy. Which seems more fitting for Paul? In what way?

10. What Experience is Paul looking for in Europe? What are some examples of his Experience?

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