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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The history of emerging lesbian rights and identity is closely related to ____________________.
2. Which of the following does NOT describe the art students?
3. How can Kay best be described?
4. The girl in #67 suffers from ____________________.
5. Kay introduces the narrator to a Chinese woman described as a _________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. With whom does the narrator engage in heterosexual activity and what was the basis for the connections?
2. What does the narrator realize about himself over the course of the novel?
3. What does the narrator learn about Hunton from an older man with the same name?
4. What does the narrator think about when he watches Tex and Morris interact?
5. Why does the narrator long to be heterosexual, especially when he sees the irresponsible behavior of his heterosexual fraternity brothers?
6. What is the double-edged sword of the narrator experiencing gay sexual activity?
7. What are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?
8. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?
9. What are some of the narrator's fundamental beliefs about sexuality?
10. How does the narrator categorize his life during his first year at college?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for the lives of the narrator and three other characters. Be sure to incorporate personal, political and cultural impacts on the characters' lives.
Essay Topic 2
The theme of struggling with personal identity is an important one in this novel. Describe how it extends through setting, character and issues and provide examples for each.
Essay Topic 3
The story takes place as America is experiencing the Hippie Generation, the Vietnam War, Woodstock, and drug usage in the late 1960s. Explain the significance of these political and cultural events on the narrator and the other homosexual people in his life. How would the narrator's life be different if he were living as a young man today? Explain.
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