View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator spend time with Lou and the woman in #140?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Bookstores.
(c) Lou's apartment.
(d) A gay beach.

2. Who goes with the narrator to the city in #123?
(a) Lou.
(b) Vick.
(c) Chad.
(d) Annie.

3. The narrator's sister who lives in ______________ visits him in New York City.
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Portland.
(d) Phoenix.

4. What habit does the narrator have that makes Maria angry?
(a) Talks in the movie theater.
(b) Chews with his mouth open.
(c) Psychoanalyzes his friends.
(d) Doesn't repay loans.

5. Who is Lou?
(a) A chauffeur.
(b) An ice cream vendor.
(c) The building's superintendent.
(d) A wealthy advertising executive.

6. The narrator's sister's homosexuality suggests __________________________.
(a) a rebellious nature.
(b) a genetic component to homosexuality.
(c) childhood abuse.
(d) sibling rivalry.

7. The raid on the club in #177 marked the beginning of ______________________.
(a) anti-war protests.
(b) the women's lib movement.
(c) the gay rights movement.
(d) the civil rights movement.

8. The narrator's relationship with Sean develops during the time that both John F. Kennedy and ______________ died.
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Mickey Mantle.
(c) Ava Gardner.
(d) Jack Benny.

9. How does the narrator describe the hair of the girl on the subway?
(a) Rapturous amber.
(b) Cotton candy puffs.
(c) Straw nothingness.
(d) Goldest filigree.

10. How old is the narrator during this Summer?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

11. What has happened to Paul, the art student?
(a) He has committed suicide.
(b) He got married.
(c) He got a grant.
(d) He has a gallery showing.

12. Where do the narrator and the person in #124 live?
(a) A brownstone.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A hostel.
(d) The YMCA.

13. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?
(a) He is anxious to begin it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He'll soldier through it.
(d) He is scared of it.

14. How does the narrator meet Sean?
(a) He came to the apartment looking for the Russian dancer.
(b) He produced a play which the narrator wrote.
(c) He had a bathroom encounter with him.
(d) He met him at a gay bar.

15. Lou and Maria both know that the narrator ___________________ Sean.
(a) has tired of.
(b) has fallen in love with.
(c) is bored by.
(d) hates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another reason that the narrator is having a better time being homosexual?

2. What happens to make the narrator forget all about his fantasy in #136?

3. What does Sean call a group of men he accidentally encountered having sex in a public bathroom?

4. The narrator can see his past behavior as a manifestation of ______________ rather than identity.

5. What shocking news does the narrator's sister tell him during her visit?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 475 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample