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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator desperately seek in his life?
(a) Travel.
(b) Love.
(c) Approval.
(d) Wealth.

2. What is important about the protagonist of the story?
(a) He is gay.
(b) He is crippled.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) He is a philanthropist.

3. The story begins with quotes from novelists Anatole France and _________________.
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Franz Kafka.

4. What is the nature of the narrator's time with the psychiatrist?
(a) To manage the narrator's fear of heights.
(b) To talk about the father issues the narrator has.
(c) For the narrator to become heterosexual.
(d) For the narrator to get over his broken heart.

5. Kay introduces the narrator to a Chinese woman described as a _________________.
(a) princess.
(b) scholar.
(c) spirit guide.
(d) goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet Maria during the Summer after they got to know each other?

2. About whom does the narrator fantasize about sexually involved?

3. The partner of the person in #38 exploits Tex's need for ______________.

4. Where does the narrator spend much of his time while on this vacation?

5. What does Tex complain to the narrator about in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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