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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 Brian's profession?

2. At the karaoke bar in Chapter 1, what television show's theme does Augusten sing?

3. According to Augusten at the beginning of DRY, he is good at giving clients what?

4. During his intake in Chapter 3, why does Augusten lie about the reason he left the airport?

5. At the gym in Chapter 5, Augusten becomes depressed that others may think that he is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Augusten attempt to mask his drinking at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. Why does Augusten break down crying in Chapter 4?

3. Who is Jim and how does he know Augusten?

4. Describe Hayden's first day at Proud Institute.

5. Why does Augusten agree to go to rehab in Chapter 2?

6. What terrible details of his profession does Jim tell Augusten in Chapter 1?

7. How does Augusten begin to realize that he drinks more than other people in Chapter 3?

8. What does Augusten imagine Proud Institute to be as he rides there in Chapter 3?

9. Why does Augusten like the Cedar Tavern?

10. How does Pighead deteriorate in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay charting the progression of Augusten's relapse in Dry. What components of his life after Proud Institute make the possibility of relapse more likely? How does Augusten toy with the idea of taking a drink several times before actually doing it? What is the final straw? Discuss how Augusten's eventual relapse creates a far more volatile habit of consumption and accelerates his journey to bottom.

Essay Topic 2

For Augusten Burroughs, the willingness to accept the love of another person, and to give love in return, is an ambiguous choice. Indeed, there are only two individuals that Augusten lets into his heart, as it were. Write about each of these individuals. Why is it initially impossible to form a real healthy relationship? How does sexuality prove intensely destructive to both men and Augusten? Why does Augusten part ways with each?

Part 1) Pighead

Part 2) Foster

Essay Topic 3

One of the reasons that Augusten Burroughs accepts that he is an alcoholic is that he realizes how much work he puts into drinking. Write an essay about the habits of alcoholism in Dry. Discuss what Augusten does to maintain his alcohol consumption. How does he overcome an allergy? Why does his drinking make him unwilling to bring people to his apartment? Discuss his morning-after routine to mask his drinking.

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