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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. What is notable about Tex?
2. How can Kay best be described?
3. The psychiatrist convinces the narrator that much of the narrator's life is defined by ______________________.
4. Maria thinks that American life is essentially ___________________.
5. What happens when the person in #73 visits the narrator at the end of the school year?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Betty and Kay to the narrator's life?
2. Why did the narrator decide to study Chinese?
3. Who are Betty and Kay and why does the narrator enjoy their company?
4. What are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?
5. Who is William Everett Hunton, and what negative impact does he have on the lives of Annie and the narrator?
6. What is the double-edged sword of the narrator experiencing gay sexual activity?
7. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?
8. Why does the narrator long to be heterosexual, especially when he sees the irresponsible behavior of his heterosexual fraternity brothers?
9. How does the narrator's subway ride further alienate him from what he thinks is normal life?
10. What does the narrator want from his life and when does he become aware of these needs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during this time to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred--both positive and negative?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
"The Beautiful Room is Empty" is a classic coming of age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.
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