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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word refers to the condition of being sexually attracted to children?
(a) Magnophobia
(b) Anthropology
(c) Misogyny
(d) Pedophilia

3. What word does William claim is “English thief slang for inform”?
(a) Junk
(b) Grass
(c) Conspire
(d) Cat-out

4. Where does William go to meet with Dr. Benway in Chapter 4?
(a) Interzone
(b) Queens
(c) Australia
(d) Freeland

5. In what year was Naked Lunch originally published?
(a) 1959
(b) 1948
(c) 1981
(d) 1969

6. What piece of music does William hear in Chapter 7?
(a) Sweet Sixteen
(b) I Wanna Hold Your Hand
(c) God Bless America
(d) The Star Spangled Banner

7. Where does the sexual orgy take place in Chapter 9?
(a) AJ's apartment
(b) Queens Plaza
(c) Hassan's Rumpus Room
(d) Barnum and Bailey Circus

8. Which of the following refers to a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind?
(a) Reality
(b) Interrogation
(c) Hallucination
(d) Blind spot

9. How does the Vigilante change physically during his sentence?
(a) He goes bald
(b) He gains weight
(c) He wears new clothes
(d) He grows taller

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

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

12. What is the last name of William in Naked Lunch?
(a) He is known only as The Sailor
(b) Anderson
(c) Lee
(d) Simmons

13. What color is the mist that comes from the pen and is inhaled by the Sailor?
(a) Green
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

14. Who gets involved with a man who smokes tea?
(a) Jane
(b) Sarah
(c) Mary
(d) Jennifer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets the whole group caught by the police in Chapter 3?

2. What refers to the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug?

3. Where is Joselito’s diagnosing doctor from?

4. Where do two types of organisms meet and engage in drug deals in Chapter 6?

5. One of Williams drug induced visions involves a Guard wearing a suit made of what?

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