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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Paul like to answer when someones asks what he is doing?
2. What does Paul utilize when partying on the beaches of the Riviera?
3. What is Paul's response to the possibility that he may one day have to take care of Bobby?
4. What does Paul focus on his senior year at Yale?
5. How does Paul begin seeing Cantwell?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What Experience is Paul looking for in Europe? What are some examples of his Experience?
3. How does Paul feel about graduation time at Yale?
4. Paul goes to see "Boys in the Band." What is his reaction to the movie and the surroundings in which he sees the movie?
5. What is it that Paul likes so much about his travels in Europe? How does his time there allow him to be freer than he has ever been?
6. What is Cantwell's theory on why Paul seeks approval? How does Paul feel about it?
7. Although many of Paul's friends die due to AIDS and he expects the same ending, what he Paul happy about?
8. How does Yale fit into the 60's counterculture? How does Paul fit into the counter-culture?
9. How does Paul respond to his first attempt at therapy?
10. Why does Paul relate to Coward's work Song at Twilight?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The title of the book is "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story." How does Paul define "man?" How does it change over time as he learns more about himself and what it really means? What other definitions of "man" influence Paul's view of being a man? Does he ever achieve it? How does he find what it means to be a "man?"
Essay Topic 2
Explain the different theories Paul Monette mentions in regards to homosexuality. What do the essentialists believe? What do the constructivists believe? What is the anti-theory? Which theory does Paul follow and why?
Essay Topic 3
Write a description of 1950's Massachusetts and how the place and times affects Paul's life.
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