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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator when he pleasures himself on a public bus?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?
(a) Football.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Baseball.

3. What is the one topic the narrator says is the only thing to which his father can "sink his teeth?"
(a) The news.
(b) The theater.
(c) Life insurance.
(d) The New Jersey Turnpike.

4. Where did the narrator's father take him once a month when he was young?
(a) The shvitz bath.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) The butcher.

5. What is not kosher after eating meat?
(a) Jello.
(b) Cream in coffee.
(c) Dessert.
(d) Cake.

6. What does the narrator's father sell?
(a) Ties.
(b) Vacuum cleaners.
(c) Bonds.
(d) Insurance.

7. Who is the narrator sitting next to on the bus in Chapter 4?
(a) An Italian immigrant.
(b) An old lady.
(c) A Polish police officer.
(d) A shikse.

8. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Jack Portnoy.
(b) Alexander Portnoy.
(c) Andrew Portnoy.
(d) Augustine Portnoy.

9. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His father.
(b) Morty.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

10. What does the narrator's father accuse his son-in-law of being?
(a) A Democrat.
(b) A Republican.
(c) A Socialist.
(d) A Communist.

11. What does the narrator say his desires are in Chapter 4?
(a) Perverse.
(b) Evasions.
(c) Excuses.
(d) Endless.

12. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?
(a) She knows shorthand.
(b) She plays piano.
(c) She is pretty.
(d) She paints.

13. What is the psychiatrist's name to whom the narrator speaks?
(a) Dr. Claxton.
(b) Dr. Spielvogel.
(c) Dr. Woolverton.
(d) Dr. Freud.

14. What is the name of the narrator's father?
(a) George.
(b) Jack.
(c) William.
(d) Alex.

15. In Chapter 4, where did the narrator break up with his previous girlfriend?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Oslo.
(d) The Netherlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hannah's problem, according to the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say is "very funny on the stage--but not to live it"?

3. What did the narrator's father encourage him to take a course in in high school?

4. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?

5. What does the narrator have a difficult time believing in?

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