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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is the psychiatrist treating the narrator?
(a) Dr. O'Reilly.
(b) Dr. Morrison.
(c) Dr. Gruber.
(d) Dr. Kerrigan.

3. What is the result of Hunton's sexual dalliance with Annie?
(a) She has a nervous breakdown.
(b) She marries him.
(c) She gets pregnant.
(d) She has an abortion.

4. Which religion does the narrator believe in?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Baptist.

5. Which of the following is NOT a part of his life that the narrator keeps separate?
(a) His fraternity.
(b) His religion.
(c) His psychiatric treatments.
(d) His sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about Betts and Buddy?

2. What does the narrator desperately seek in his life?

3. Tex refers to himself as the narrator's __________________.

4. In what year is the narrator at the school in #49?

5. How can Morris best be described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator meet Tex and Morris?

2. What does the narrator realize about himself over the course of the novel?

3. What are some of the narrator's fundamental beliefs about sexuality?

4. Why did the narrator decide to study Chinese?

5. Why is the narrator the embodiment of sacrificing oneself for the sake of social acceptance?

6. What does Maria reveal to the narrator when he visits during Christmas vacation in Chapter 4?

7. How does the longing for approval manifest in the narrator's life?

8. Who are Betty and Kay and why does the narrator enjoy their company?

9. How does the narrator categorize his life during his first year at college?

10. What is the double-edged sword of the narrator experiencing gay sexual activity?

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