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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. Tex hints to the narrator that the man in #45 might be able to teach the narrator about what?
(a) Auto mechanics.
(b) Playing the guitar.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Sex.

2. The history of emerging lesbian rights and identity is closely related to ____________________.
(a) slavery.
(b) the Holocaust.
(c) the history of feminism.
(d) the American Revolution.

3. "The Beautiful Room is Empty" takes place during the 1950s and 1960s in which country?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Canada.

4. The narrator's father's knowledge of the narrator's sexuality created ____________________.
(a) a curiosity to be quenched.
(b) a bond of hatred and anger between the two.
(c) a bond of love and acceptance.
(d) a validation of his life.

5. A conversation between the narrator and Tex shows the narrator's lack of knowledge about ___________________.
(a) sexual relations between men.
(b) American literature.
(c) technology.
(d) car mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduces the narrator to oral and anal sex?

2. Which of the following is NOT a part of his life that the narrator keeps separate?

3. Who is the psychiatrist treating the narrator?

4. When the narrator takes a walk at night with Maria, he realizes that __________________.

5. The partner of the person in #38 exploits Tex's need for ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?

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

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

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

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

6. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?

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 Maria reveal to the narrator when he visits during Christmas vacation in Chapter 4?

9. What does the narrator learn about Hunton from an older man with the same name?

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

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