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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following refers to an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence?

2. Where does Dr. Benway work on his famous project that encourages a police state and arbitrary punishments are given for everyday offenses?

3. What creatures feed off the Mugwumps?

4. What color is the mist that comes from the pen and is inhaled by the Sailor?

5. When was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner published?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the significance of Vigilante’s character in the novel? How does the Vigilante change?

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

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

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

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

7. Where is William traveling in the beginning of “The Rube”? How does the Rube die?

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

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

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

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