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

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

3. What is the university campus full of?
(a) Reptiles
(b) Barnyard animals
(c) Mugwumps
(d) Ostriches

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

5. Who gets the whole group caught by the police in Chapter 3?
(a) The Rube
(b) The Vigilante
(c) Neal Cassady
(d) William Lee

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, where is the group headed?

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

4. How does the Vigilante change physically during his sentence?

5. What color trench coat is the man wearing that follows William in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Dr. Benway’s operation in “Hospital”?

2. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

3. What are the two nonhuman creatures described by the author in “The Black Meat”?

4. How is Joselito described? Where is he in the beginning of the chapter named for him?

5. How is Dr. Benway viewed by those around him?

6. William looks down on the other passengers of the bus because they do not know anything about the drug subculture but pretend to in “And Start West.” Why is this significant to the novel’s themes?

7. What happens when William Lee meets Miguel in “Lazarus Go Home”?

8. How does the narrative style and plot structure change in “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

9. How does William describe the Vigilante in terms of his “humanity”?

10. How does William deal with the deaths of his friends in “The Rube”? Why is this significant?

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