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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl whom the protagonist has his first sexual experience?

2. Who is the renowned columnist whom the narrator speaks of having shaken his hand?

3. Where had the narrator attended meetings with his future brother-in-law?

4. How much money did the narrator pay to the prostitute in Italy?

5. What does the narrator say he did after the incident with the prostitute?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 5? What does this refer to?

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

3. What does the narrator retell about the burlesque show in Chapter 4?

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

5. What does Alex say about the photo of Jesus in Bubbles's house?

6. What attracts Alex to Naomi? How does he express his feelings for her?

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

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

9. What does Alex remark about Israel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the misogynistic elements of the novel and particularly those of the main character. How does Alex's behavior toward women exude misogynist traits? How does his phraseology?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the character of Dr. Spielvogel in the novel. What literary device does this character embody?

Essay Topic 3

What does the narrator say regarding the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud? Why is this relevant to the novel? What chapter is named after the writings of Freud? Why?

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