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

2. Where does Dr. Benway work on his famous project that encourages a police state and arbitrary punishments are given for everyday offenses?
(a) Queens
(b) Interzone
(c) California
(d) Annexia

3. NG Joe became an addict after an attack of what disorder?
(a) Syphilis
(b) AIDS
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Bang-utot

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

5. The men and boys involved in the orgy are described as being of different what?
(a) Religions
(b) Ethnicities
(c) Political beliefs
(d) Ecologies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What subway train does William take uptown in Chapter 1?

3. What refers to the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug?

4. What creatures feed off the Mugwumps?

5. What is the university campus full of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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