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

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

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

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

5. According to William, what is lost during both the using of drugs and the forced rehabilitation of a person?
(a) Personal beauty
(b) Money and games
(c) Essential humanity
(d) Essential freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets involved with a man who smokes tea?

2. What does the Professor encourage his students to express freely in Chapter 10?

3. Where does Jane die?

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

5. Which of the following diseases is suffering from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is symbolized by the disease Bang-utot in the narrative?

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

4. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

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

6. How is the setting of “Campus of Interzone University” described? What is the Professor lecturing about at the beginning of the chapter?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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