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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subway train does William take uptown in Chapter 1?
(a) The A Train
(b) The F Train
(c) The E Train
(d) The D Train

2. What do the students in the classroom turn into at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Horses
(b) Turtles
(c) Donkeys
(d) Pigs

3. What does the Professor encourage his students to express freely in Chapter 10?
(a) Culture
(b) Politics
(c) Religion
(d) Sexuality

4. Who does The Sailor meet with to arrange the sale of a drug in tubes and eggs?
(a) Dr. Benway
(b) Dr. Schafer
(c) AJ
(d) Fats Terminal

5. Where does Dr. Benway work on his famous project that encourages a police state and arbitrary punishments are given for everyday offenses?
(a) Interzone
(b) Annexia
(c) California
(d) Queens

6. What is Dr. Benway’s new project called?
(a) Amsterdam Incorporated
(b) Smithson Company
(c) Islam Incorporated
(d) International Diatribe

7. What is William S. Burroughs’s middle name?
(a) Stephen
(b) Seward
(c) Samuel
(d) Stanley

8. What does The Sailor receives what from a passing messenger after his meeting?
(a) A newspaper
(b) A tube
(c) A potato
(d) A book

9. What color trench coat is the man wearing that follows William in Chapter 1?
(a) White
(b) Green
(c) Tan
(d) Gray

10. What word refers to the receiving of pleasure from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation?
(a) Pedophilia
(b) Androgyny
(c) Sadomasochism
(d) Misogyny

11. NG Joe had a disorder in which death occurs during what?
(a) Nighttime erections
(b) Drug use
(c) Exposure to moonlight
(d) Daylight hours

12. What is the Vigilante’s defense for his actions in Chapter 2?
(a) His schizophrenia
(b) His father's murder
(c) His brother's bullying
(d) His drug addiction

13. Which of the following is a white, crystalline, narcotic powder derived from morphine and formerly used as an analgesic and sedative?
(a) Cocaine
(b) Marijuana
(c) Heroin
(d) Hashish

14. William imagines a conversation between an Inspector and whom in Chapter 8?
(a) A priest
(b) A taxidermist
(c) A reporter
(d) A dentist

15. Where is Willy the Agent’s detoxification unit?
(a) Andersonville Hospital
(b) Brooklyn Hospital
(c) Freeland Hospital
(d) Hassan's Hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Benway use to operate on a woman in Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following refers to a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind?

3. In Chapter 7, who does William claim is a junkie?

4. After leaving general surgery, which of the following did Dr. Benway specialize in?

5. When was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner published?

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