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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. Which of the following does NOT describe the narrator's sexual identity?
2. The narrator has to take Lou to a backroom physician to treat _______________________.
3. The narrator begins to understand that ___________________.
4. The narrator evades being drafted into the army by ______________________.
5. The person in #102 instructs the narrator on how to be a better lover and a better ______________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How can Sean's "subhuman" comment be viewed in another context regarding the narrator's letting go of the shame he used to have for his behavior and desires?
2. How does the narrator's decreasing shame mirror what is going on in the gay community in general?
3. Why is the New York experience so important to the narrator's longing to be part of a community?
4. What does the narrator consider for his life after Paul commits suicide in order to leave a world that rejects people like him?
5. Why is Lou desperate to get married and how does the narrator help him?
6. What is the significance of the author's using the present tense for scene in which the narrator engages in group sex in the subway restroom?
7. What changes the narrator's mind about having a sex change operation?
8. How does shame get pushed aside in the events leading up to, and after, the Stonewall Inn raids?
9. How did the poverty-stricken lives of Betts and Buddy mirror the social deprivation during the times they lived through?
10. What eventually happens to Sean who is conflicted by his own identity?
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 latter part of the novel takes place in the late 1960s as America is experiencing free love, war protests, gay liberation and radical shifts in music. Research this period in America and create a multimedia presentation of the clothes, food, music and people during
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