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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 is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?

2. With whom is the narrator typically allowed to play as a child?

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

4. What type of clothing does the narrator wear, once he reaches puberty?

5. During what game do Omi and the narrator do battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Sebastian of Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

2. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

3. What does the narrator do to appear to be heterosexual in front of his fellow classmates?

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

5. Why is the narrator's opportunity to live with his father cut short?

6. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?

7. Why does the narrator feel he has gone through life fooling not just others, but himself?

8. Why does the narrator begin drinking and smoking?

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

10. What physical actions does the narrator take in order to appear to be tough?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Confessions of a Mask, the narrator's body betrays him repeatedly. Write an essay discussing the various ways the narrator's body betrays him and how this drives him to hide his true self behind a mask.

Essay Topic 2

Upon meeting Omi, the narrator is confronted with sexual feelings for the boy.

1) What intimate moment do Omi and the narrator share that begins their friendship?

2) What attracts the narrator to Omi?

3) How does this attraction affect the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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