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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. Who is interested in the woman in #22 at the party?
(a) Mike.
(b) David.
(c) Gene.
(d) Paul.
2. Where did Paul grow up?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Burlington.
(d) Westchester.
3. Kathryn believes that Paul is more interested in ________________ than her.
(a) cartoons.
(b) drinking.
(c) sports.
(d) his friends.
4. What does Paul give to Gene one night when they are at a bar?
(a) His manuscript.
(b) A coat.
(c) The bar tab.
(d) His apartment key.
5. How had Stofsky's father reacted when Stofsky told him he was a homosexual?
(a) He was sad.
(b) He was accepting.
(c) He was enraged.
(d) He had no reaction.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Stofsky goes to see Waters, Waters desperately wants ________________.
2. Arthur is devoted to whom?
3. Who is Stofsky's therapist?
4. What is the setting of GO?
5. Stofsky begins to wonder if God could be __________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the characters unable to find any clarity or purpose to their lives?
2. What does the aimless behavior of the characters signify in the book?
3. What is the real reason for Paul's irritation toward Pasternak, who is sleeping late in Paul's apartment?
4. How are psychotherapy and writing compared and which seems to help the characters in the book?
5. Describe the scene where Stofsky goes to see Waters in his flat and is picked up by the asylum attendants.
6. How does Paul's lack of self-awareness drive the attachments he makes in his life?
7. How are Paul and Kathryn at odds regarding their different emotional needs?
8. What is the premise of GO?
9. How does the budding romance between Pasternak and Christine begin to mirror that of Paul and Kathryn's marriage?
10. What is an example of how the post-war search for meaning is taking on toll on people?
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