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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator realize about himself?
(a) He is afraid of conflict.
(b) He wants to live by himself.
(c) He is wasting his life.
(d) He is artistic.

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

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

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

6. Lou is jealous of ______________.
(a) Sean.
(b) Annie.
(c) Max.
(d) the narrator.

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

8. How does Lou feel about his fiancee's parents?
(a) He really likes them.
(b) He enjoys them.
(c) He can tolerate them.
(d) He hates them.

9. What happens to make the narrator forget all about his fantasy in #136?
(a) He reads a disturbing journal of a man who had done it.
(b) He knows it would sadden his mother.
(c) He learns about the high cost of living.
(d) He knows he would be convicted.

10. Where has Maria been living during her time away from the narrator?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Los Angeles.

11. The narrator has lived for a year _____________________.
(a) as a fat man.
(b) as a happy man.
(c) as an intern.
(d) as a kept man.

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

13. Where does the narrator spend his free time during this Summer?
(a) The library.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) The beach.
(d) A theme park.

14. The narrator is angry when the magazine he works for publishes an article denouncing ______________________.
(a) the war in Vietnam.
(b) women's lib.
(c) the emerging gay rights movement.
(d) the hippie movement.

15. Who does the narrator consider marrying?
(a) Denise.
(b) Maria.
(c) Annie.
(d) Shelley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maria move to the city in #134?

2. How old is the narrator during this Summer?

3. What does the narrator's mother give him before she goes?

4. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?

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

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