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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. Who was the Captain of the Praetorian Guard of Rome?

2. Upon Omi's expulsion, the narrator feels Omi has been what?

3. What time was the narrator born?

4. After Omi is expelled, what type of fantasies does the narrator indulge in?

5. What type of visual pornography does the narrator hide at his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in school with Omi, what type of boy is the narrator attracted to?

2. Why do the narrator's parents keep him from living in the dormitories at school?

3. What impression is left by the narrator's memory of a night-soil man?

4. Why does the narrator believe that his lack of interest in women may have to do with laziness?

5. Describe the narrator's fantasy perception of Omi.

6. What attracts the narrator to soldiers as a youth?

7. When the other boys are impressed with the narrator's crass remarks about sex, how does the narrator feel?

8. Why does the narrator feel he has cheated his way through life?

9. When the narrator writes an essay to analyze his feelings about Reni's "Saint Sebastian," what physical object does the narrator discuss and why?

10. After witnessing Omi perform on the gym bars, why does the narrator decide he is no longer in love with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At an early age, the narrator is interested in other men. However, as a youth he does not attribute these feelings to be sexual.

1) What type of male influence does the narrator have in his life?

2) What masculine memories shape the narrator's life?

3) At an early age, why does the narrator hide this interest in other men?

Essay Topic 2

Upon reaching puberty, the narrator discovers a connection between sex and violence.

1) What was the narrator's relationship with violence prior to puberty?

2) Why does this obsession act itself out in a sexual fashion?

3) How do these desires affect the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator is surrounded by feminine influence, yet certain social cues teach him how a boy "should" act.

1) Who provides the narrator with these social cues?

2) What does the narrator do to act out his gender expectations?

3) In what ways does the narrator struggle against his gender identity?

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