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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 does Fats Terminal come from?
(a) The City Cemetery
(b) New York
(c) City Pressure Tanks
(d) Washington State

2. What term refers to the main character of a literary narrative?
(a) Degenerate
(b) Catalyst
(c) Protagonist
(d) Antagonist

3. What organization distributes bulletins spelled out in obscene charades by hebephrenics?
(a) Hassan Hospital
(b) The Cathedral
(c) Television Airwaves
(d) Party Headquarters

4. What word refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease?
(a) Deportation
(b) Quarantine
(c) Immigration
(d) Arrhythmia

5. What is the name of the rubber penis used in the performance?
(a) Big Blue
(b) Carol Oates
(c) Steely Dan III
(d) Mugwump

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William warn people to stay away from?

2. Who runs the building described where these transactions take place?

3. What term refers to the set of goals of an ideological group?

4. Who does Joe say that he’s traveling with in Butte?

5. How many fingers is the boy missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the city of Interzone described?

2. How does the author broach the theme of reality versus hallucination in “The Examination”?

3. Where does William Lee go after shooting Hauser and O’Brien? Why?

4. What is symbolized by the courthouse and court system in “The County Clerk”?

5. How is “Fats” Terminal described in “The Algebra of Need”?

6. What leads to William Lee shooting Hauser and O’Brien?

7. How does the setting of “A.J.’s Annual Party” relate to “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

8. What does the Party Leader discuss in “Ordinary Men and Women”?

9. How is the Exterminator described in “The Exterminator Does a Good Job”?

10. What different political groups are described in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

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