Portnoy's Complaint Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Portnoy's Complaint Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does the narrator refer to the bus driver as in Chapter 4, Part 3?
(a) A Goy.
(b) A Jew.
(c) An Irishman.
(d) A Polack.

2. What phrase does the narrator say he never said before his trip with the college girlfriend?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Goodnight.
(c) I love you.
(d) Good morning.

3. What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents?
(a) A blondie.
(b) A Jewish girl.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A wife.

4. What does the doctor tell the young Alex that he has?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) Polio.
(c) Osgood Shlatterer's Disease.
(d) Archibald Schlotze Disease.

5. What did the narrator's college girlfriend at Antioch do?
(a) Taught classes.
(b) Edit a fashion magazine.
(c) Edit a literary magazine.
(d) Edit the yearbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist worry he will catch from Bubbles?

2. What does the narrator say he hasn't heard from the Monkey for 3 days on their ride back?

3. What feature does the narrator hate of his own?

4. How old is the narrator in 1946?

5. Why does the narrator go to Irvington Park to ice skate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator's first sexual experience occur with Bubbles?

2. What does Alex say he sometimes fantasizes about in Chapter 6?

3. What does the narrator say about his resentment for his Jewishness and shikses in Chapter 4?

4. What happened with Mandel and Bubbles? What does this prompt the narrator to need to know?

5. What story does Alex tell of the Monkey with the married couple?

6. Where did Alex go on a trip with Kay? What does Alex say about his experience with Kay's family?

7. What does Alex remark about Israel?

8. What happened on the trip with the Monkey that began to change their relationship?

9. Why did Alex and Kay almost marry? What caused him to end the relationship?

10. What does the narrator say about the Monkey's life story in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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