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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do in his free time?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Plays racquetball.
(c) Cruises for sex.
(d) Studies.

2. Who is the temperamental roommate who the narrator has for awhile?
(a) A painter.
(b) A Russian dancer.
(c) An opera singer.
(d) A music composer.

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

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

5. Who is Sean?
(a) The narrator's new lover.
(b) The narrator's neighbor.
(c) The narrator's co-worker.
(d) The narrator's boss.

6. Sean becomes increasingly disturbed and ends up ____________________.
(a) leaving the narrator.
(b) in a mental hospital.
(c) killing himself.
(d) attacking the narrator.

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

8. What do the narrator's parents consider a normal life for their son?
(a) Being a doctor.
(b) Being heterosexual.
(c) Being whoever he wants to be.
(d) Being an artist.

9. Instead of going to grad school, where does the narrator go?
(a) New York City.
(b) Miami.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Paris.

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

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

12. What had the narrator intended to study in the graduate program?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Business.
(c) Art.
(d) Education.

13. The narrator evades being drafted into the army by ______________________.
(a) claiming that he has AIDS.
(b) claiming to have flat feet.
(c) confessing that he is a conscientious objector.
(d) confessing to his homosexuality.

14. The person in #102 instructs the narrator on how to be a better lover and a better ______________.
(a) writer.
(b) singer.
(c) athlete.
(d) friend.

15. What is the narrator's last ditch attempt at appearing "normal"?
(a) Playing football.
(b) No more writing poetry.
(c) Working at a meat packing plant.
(d) Considering marriage to Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lou is engaged, he calls the narrator to tell him that ________________________.

2. What is notable about the woman in #139?

3. How much weight does the narrator lose?

4. Where does the narrator find a job?

5. The narrator is angry when the magazine he works for publishes an article denouncing ______________________.

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