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

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

3. What do the freed addicts raid once they are freed from the psychiatric hospital?
(a) Electronics stores
(b) Candy stores
(c) Pet stores
(d) Drug stores

4. How does NG Joe administer heroin to help with his disorder?
(a) Smoking it
(b) Snorting it
(c) Spinal injections
(d) Arm injections

5. What does The Sailor receives what from a passing messenger after his meeting?
(a) A book
(b) A potato
(c) A newspaper
(d) A tube

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Benway’s new project called?

2. Which of the following diseases is suffering from?

3. What word refers to the condition of being sexually attracted to children?

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

5. Which of the following is typical of The Vigilantes early?

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 Dr. Benway’s operation in “Hospital”?

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

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

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

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

7. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

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

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

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

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