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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. Hunton makes disparaging remarks about the narrator's __________________.
(a) clothes.
(b) penis.
(c) hair.
(d) family.

2. How can Morris best be described?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Flamboyant.

3. Betty and Kay reject ______________________.
(a) their parents' ideas for their lives.
(b) all religion.
(c) loud politicians.
(d) all boys.

4. The partner of the person in #38 exploits Tex's need for ______________.
(a) prestige.
(b) money.
(c) sex.
(d) secrecy.

5. Why does the narrator study the language in #56?
(a) He wants to spend the Summer in Provence.
(b) He thinks it is good to have fundamental knowledge of it.
(c) He believed himself to be a Buddhist.
(d) He thinks it sounds so intriguing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tex believes that once a man ______________________________, he becomes uninteresting to other homosexuals.

2. Who is Maria?

3. The narrator feels like a/an ________________ to his life and family.

4. Which of the following is NOT part of the experiences of lesbian women?

5. Who had introduced the narrator to Hunton?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does the narrator engage in heterosexual activity and what was the basis for the connections?

2. What is the premise of "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?

3. How do Maria and the narrator feel about each other by the end of Chapter 4, and how do they act on those feelings?

4. How does the narrator compare his life to the life of the Chinese woman he meets?

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

6. How does the narrator's coming of age as a gay man mirror the coming of age of an entire gay community?

7. What role do emotions play in the narrator's sexual relations with other men and the sexual relations of homosexual men in general?

8. What does the narrator want from his life and when does he become aware of these needs?

9. Why did the narrator decide to study Chinese?

10. With whom does the narrator have his first gay sexual experience and how does he feel about it afterward?

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