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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. Yage is from _________________.

2. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 2?

3. What does Burroughs present in Appendix 1?

4. Which small time junky does Old Ike particularly hate?

5. Who does Old Ike complain about in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is drink affecting Bill in a bad way in Segment 10?

2. In what way do the police treat Bill badly?

3. Of what do appendices 4, 5, 6 and 7 consist?

4. What information does Gains bring about Bill's old acquaintances?

5. How does Old Ike help Bill in this segment?

6. Describe Bill's arrest.

7. Why do Pat and Bill decide to stop selling drugs?

8. Why does Bill decide to flee to Mexico?

9. What does Bill say happens to time when using morphine?

10. Of what does Appendix 3 consist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, Burroughs has many homosexual encounters.

1) How was homosexuality viewed in the 1930's?

2) How does Burroughs' sexual orientation affect his life? Does it have any bearing on his drug addiction?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the students think Burroughs refrains from giving the narrator's wife a real name? What does it say about their relationship?

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