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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. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Alexander Portnoy.
(b) Andrew Portnoy.
(c) Augustine Portnoy.
(d) Jack Portnoy.
2. What is the narrator's uncle's name?
(a) Hesh.
(b) Nate.
(c) Woody.
(d) Phil.
3. What kind of grades does the young narrator make?
(a) All Cs.
(b) All As.
(c) All Fs.
(d) All Ds.
4. What is the psychiatrist's name to whom the narrator speaks?
(a) Dr. Claxton.
(b) Dr. Woolverton.
(c) Dr. Freud.
(d) Dr. Spielvogel.
5. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?
(a) A sore throat.
(b) A fever.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Constipation.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the shikse who comes to dinner with the narrator's father?
2. What is not kosher after eating meat?
3. Who is the woman whom the narrator has a longer affair with than most?
4. What does the narrator keep hidden in the basement for the purpose of pleasuring himself?
5. What does the narrator resent being sent to buy at the store for his mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What resentments does the narrator recall following the family's move from Jersey City?
2. What does the narrator's mother do to him when he is "bad?" How does he react?
3. Who does the narrator's father hold up as someone to emulate? Why?
4. What were the narrator's father's ambitions for him growing up?
5. Who does the main character think all of his teachers are in disguise? Why?
6. What story does the narrator tell about Ronald Nimkin?
7. What are the protagonist's principle memories of his father from early childhood?
8. What does the narrator speak of regarding his humiliations with his mother as a child in Chapter 3?
9. What does Alex say his parents complain about regarding his sister and her husband in Chapter 4?
10. What story does Alex tell about his mother and lobster?
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