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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to the turning point marking a change, for the better or the worse?
(a) Climax
(b) Antagonism
(c) Denouement
(d) Exposition

2. Carl’s test results indicate that he is negative for what?
(a) Alcoholism
(b) AIDS
(c) Homosexuality
(d) Cancer

3. Who does William offer to set up when speaking with Hauser and O’Brien?
(a) Carl Peterson
(b) Miguel Diaz
(c) Marty Steel
(d) Juan Huarez

4. Where did William get into the habit of using a regular syringe for his shots?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) Argentina
(d) Mexico

5. Along with Sailor, who hanged themselves in the Tombs?
(a) Hassan
(b) The Beagle
(c) AJ
(d) Irish

6. Who tells the story of a boy who literally cuts “a piece of ass” from a prostitute?
(a) William Lee
(b) AJ
(c) The Sailor
(d) Carl

7. What term refers to an organization of non-elected officials of a government or organization that implements the rules, laws, and functions of their institution?
(a) Democracy
(b) Theocracy
(c) Bureaucracy
(d) Clergy

8. In Chapter 12, the scene changes to a courtroom where the doctors are accused of killing a patient who had turned himself into what?
(a) A centipede
(b) A housefly
(c) A turtle
(d) A cockroach

9. What does Dr. Schafer refer to his live patient as?
(a) The Elephant Man
(b) The Culturally Desensitized Monkey
(c) The Annihilated Sociopath of America
(d) The Complete All American Deanxietized Man

10. Who does the Salesman sell random useless kitchen equipment to?
(a) Pat Sajack
(b) Carl Peterson
(c) William Lee
(d) An American housewife

11. What is the government on the Island comprised of?
(a) Baboons
(b) Armadillos
(c) Pigs
(d) Raccoons

12. What are the boys in the statue about to do?
(a) Weep
(b) Engage in sodomy
(c) Kiss one another
(d) Engage in murder

13. What does “Fats” Terminal learn in order to survive?
(a) The Algebra of Need
(b) The Way of Zen
(c) The Art of Forgiveness
(d) The Science of Junk

14. What does the man in the market claim makes miracles possible?
(a) God
(b) Science
(c) Drugs
(d) Satan

15. Which of the following groups wants to cut off parts of their bodies to grow new people, called Replicas?
(a) The Senders
(b) The Divisionists
(c) The Factualists
(d) The Liquefactionists

Short Answer Questions

1. During their search of William, what do the inspector’s analyze?

2. The author writes, “The subway sweeps by with a black blast of” what?

3. Who does the Party Leader discuss the market with?

4. A man in the market argues against many religious figures, including Christ, Buddha, and whom?

5. The Sailor’s room is described as “the colorless smell of” what?

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