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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 foreign language does the narrator study?
2. Where does the narrator meet Maria during the Summer after they got to know each other?
3. What is the result of Hunton's sexual dalliance with Annie?
4. Which place did the narrator often visit across the street from the prep school?
5. At what kind of party does the narrator meet the man in #91?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role do emotions play in the narrator's sexual relations with other men and the sexual relations of homosexual men in general?
2. What does the narrator learn about Hunton from an older man with the same name?
3. With whom does the narrator have his first gay sexual experience and how does he feel about it afterward?
4. What does the narrator realize about himself over the course of the novel?
5. What does Maria reveal to the narrator when he visits during Christmas vacation in Chapter 4?
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 are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?
8. How does the narrator compare his life to the life of the Chinese woman he meets?
9. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?
10. How is Buddhism connected to the narrator's seemingly paradoxical desires for sex with men and also freedom from that desire.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The author uses more than one theme in the book. Identify at least two themes in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.
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