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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Beautiful Room is Empty" takes place during the 1950s and 1960s in which country?
(a) Canada.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) Japan.

2. What is notable about Tex?
(a) He is suffering from a broken heart.
(b) He is a philanthropist.
(c) He sings opera.
(d) He is a masculine gay man.

3. What is a powerful negative force in the narrator's life?
(a) Shame.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Doing drugs.

4. The history of emerging lesbian rights and identity is closely related to ____________________.
(a) the Holocaust.
(b) slavery.
(c) the history of feminism.
(d) the American Revolution.

5. What foreign language does the narrator study?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's feelings about his father lead the narrator to make judgmental comments about __________________.

2. Who introduces the narrator to oral and anal sex?

3. Which place did the narrator often visit across the street from the prep school?

4. What is the nature of the narrator's time with the psychiatrist?

5. How can Kay best be described?

(see the answer key)

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