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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. Why does Paul believe his friends encourage him to go into interior decorating?
(a) They hope he will stop living off of them.
(b) They hope he will come out of the closet.
(c) They think he is a great artist.
(d) They believe it is good for him to get away from young boys.

2. What angers Paul as he vacations in Truro with Ellen?
(a) A stranger flirts with Ellen in front of him.
(b) Ellen tells him he is not that great in bed.
(c) Ellen flirts with another man on the beach.
(d) A stranger states Paul is gay.

3. How does Paul's relationship with his mother progress over time?
(a) Paul is angry at Jackie for her insistence on caring for Bobby.
(b) Jackie is angry and disappointed in Paul for his life decisions.
(c) A gap grow apart.
(d) They become closer as they understand one another more.

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

5. What does Paul focus on his senior year at Yale?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Helping his Elihu brothers.
(c) Talking about writing his novel.
(d) His Tennyson thesis.

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. In Paul's sexual life, what two oppositions does he battle with?

3. What stops Paul from having a relationship with Harold?

4. Greg and Paul's relationship can be described as _________.

5. How does Paul feel about his relationship with Ellen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast Greg to the way Paul was when he was in high school.

2. How does Paul react to Bill's death?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Cantwell's theory on why Paul seeks approval? How does Paul feel about it?

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

9. How does Paul respond to his first attempt at therapy?

10. What "new suit for the emperor" does Paul try out in his new life at Canton?

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