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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. What do the Arab Beat teenagers wear in Tangiers?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Cloaks.
(c) Denim.
(d) Black.

2. Where does Jack go to escape from his mother for a little bit while they are living together?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) The movies.
(c) A job.
(d) A bar.

3. What is Ben doing when Jack and his mother first see him?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Meditating.

4. What does Jack enjoy most about his stay in Tangiers?
(a) The companionship.
(b) The creative bursts.
(c) The cheap opium.
(d) The anonymity.

5. When does Jack regain his excitement for the trip to Tangiers?
(a) When he speaks with some other travelers.
(b) When he reads some of his past work.
(c) When he can see land.
(d) When his opium fog clears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jack's mother when he has to move her across country?

2. What does Jack live on while typing up the work he wrote in Mexico?

3. What does Jack notice about all the women he sees in Paris?

4. Who does Jack's mother live with?

5. What does Jack's mother offer an Indian couple she sees in Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hubbard express a need to purge himself of, and why?

2. What does Jack find when he returns to Mexico to write a new novel?

3. What causes Jack's disgust for the civilized world to increase while he is on the ship heading to Africa?

4. What is Jack's response when Alyce asks to be allowed to go with him to Africa?

5. What annoys the girls in Paris about Jack and Raphael?

6. What is Jack and Angie's new apartment like?

7. Why does Jack think childbirth is a disservice?

8. What happens when Jack first meets Alyce?

9. What does Raphael do on his return to New York that earns him great respect?

10. What is one of Jack's main reasons for wanting to move back to California?

(see the answer keys)

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