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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. In Chapter 3, where is the group headed?
(a) Peru
(b) Mexico
(c) Spain
(d) Guatemala

2. What refers to the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug?
(a) Refusal Syndrome
(b) Withdrawal
(c) Interrogation
(d) Antithesis

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

4. At the orgy, what repeatedly sodomizes a young boy?
(a) A mugwump
(b) A flamingo
(c) An ostrich
(d) A reptile

5. Where is Joselito’s diagnosing doctor from?
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) Switzerland
(d) Poland

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the university campus full of?

2. In what year was Naked Lunch originally published?

3. William imagines a conversation between an Inspector and whom in Chapter 8?

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

5. According to William, what is lost during both the using of drugs and the forced rehabilitation of a person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Sailor and “Fats” Terminal meet in “The Black Meat”? What takes place in their meeting?

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

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

4. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

5. How is the plot structure of “And Start West” different from the plot structures of the other vignettes in the novel?

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

7. What is symbolized by the Professor’s lecture in “Campus of Interzone University”?

8. Why is Willy at Hassan’s Hospital in “Hospital”? How is his situation described?

9. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

10. How are the setting and characters described in the beginning of “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

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