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

2. What insecurity does Paul acquire after coming out of the closet?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His body.
(c) His inexperience compared to other gay men.
(d) His lack of pride.

3. What does Paul learn about love?
(a) It is harder than he realized.
(b) It is anti-climatic.
(c) It is everything he thought it would be.
(d) It is not as romantic as he thought.

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

5. What does Paul utilize when partying on the beaches of the Riviera?
(a) His skills in poetry reading.
(b) His coutier role.
(c) His dancing moves.
(d) His mysterious status as the foreigner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paul compare himself to as he teaches English?

2. What eventually happens to Greg?

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

4. How does Paul's relationship with his mother progress over time?

5. How does Alida realize Paul is definitely gay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Paul relate to Coward's work Song at Twilight?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What moment does Paul recall on the beach one December day as he skips stones? Why is this memory important?

9. How does Paul view his autobiographical reading? What does he get from it?

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

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