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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. How long had Jack Waters been in the insane asylum?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

2. How much money does Stofsky leave for Verger?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $100.
(d) $25.

3. At the news office, Stofsky writes a verse about __________________.
(a) war.
(b) inhumanity.
(c) love.
(d) greed.

4. What has Kathryn found in the apartment?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Some stashed money.
(c) Paul's letters to Liza.
(d) Cocaine.

5. Why does Kathryn tell Paul to get rid of the radio that Albert gave to Gene?
(a) Because she wants a new one.
(b) Because it is broken.
(c) Because it takes too many batteries.
(d) Because it was probably stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albert give Gene as collateral for a $10 loan?

2. What is the name of the nightclub mentioned in Chapter 9?

3. Who is killed in the subway?

4. Paul says that _______________ is about feeling so deeply that you go beyond it, to the end of feeling, and to a loss of interest in everything.

5. Stofsky's former professor asks if Stofsky believes in _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Paul mail the letters he writes to Liza?

2. How does Hart's past behavior foreshadow trouble for the group?

3. Why is Paul unaware of his true feelings about Kathryn?

4. What does Agatson's verbal attack on Verger mean and why does May even defend Agatson?

5. Why is the Go Hole not a place that Stofsky and some other characters do not feel comfortable going?

6. Why does Paul feel the need to call Estelle?

7. What is the significance of the radio that Kathryn rejects and Stofsky accepts?

8. What is Verger's current state of mind after May has left him?

9. After the exhaustion of Hart's wildness, what does Paul begin to think about regarding another way of finding meaning in his life?

10. What impact does Hart's dalliance with Margo have on Dinah?

(see the answer keys)

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