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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 reveals the identity of the figure in the photograph to the narrator?

2. What do the schoolboys call the graphic game they play with each other?

3. What does the narrator liken to a stage play?

4. What does the narrator swear off, after witnessing Omi on the gym bars?

5. How does the narrator feel about Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Regarding his obsession with death, what does the narrator discover when he reaches puberty?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the prince in the Hungarian fairy tale upset the narrator?

7. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?

8. How does the narrator feel about the prospect of grabbing Omi during a game of Dirty?

9. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?

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

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

In spite of his attraction to men, the narrator finds true affection for Sonoko.

1) Why is the narrator attracted to Sonoko?

2) Why is she attracted to him?

3) What factors work against the success of the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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