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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. Stofsky finds his own poetry to be ________________.
(a) brilliant.
(b) adolescent.
(c) pedantic.
(d) inspired.

2. The book addresses a group of young people commonly called ________________.
(a) The Beat Generation.
(b) Yuppies.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Generation X.

3. What literary device does the author use when describing the sight of the big man beating up the little man over a woman outside a bar?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

4. What does Paul give to Gene one night when they are at a bar?
(a) His apartment key.
(b) His manuscript.
(c) A coat.
(d) The bar tab.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the people at Stofsky's party?
(a) Philanthropists.
(b) Thoughtless.
(c) Ego driven.
(d) Self involved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stofsky often feels unloved and freakish due to ______________________.

2. What is Gene's last name?

3. What is Bill's last name?

4. Kathryn's support of Gene and Christine's affair shows that _______________________.

5. How does Paul feel when seeing the fight between the two men over the woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chapter 2 reveal about Paul and Kathryn's marriage and the strain that Paul's hopeful writing career places on it?

2. What is an example of how the post-war search for meaning is taking on toll on people?

3. What is the premise of GO?

4. What is the significance of Paul Hobbes writing a love letter at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is Christine and why is she in contrast to the other characters?

6. What does the party at Stofsky's apartment serve as a metaphor for?

7. Why are Jack Waters' Existential thoughts not taken seriously?

8. How does the budding romance between Pasternak and Christine begin to mirror that of Paul and Kathryn's marriage?

9. Why are the characters unable to find any clarity or purpose to their lives?

10. Why is it not out of place for someone like Stofsky to talk about psychological issues during this time period?

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