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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. What game do Art and Phlox play at the bar?
(a) Super Mario 3.
(b) Resident Evil.
(c) Pac-Man.
(d) Footsie.

2. Art's father says that Art is doomed to _______________.
(a) Mediocrity.
(b) G.get cancer.
(c) Failure.
(d) Terminal adolescence.

3. What is Arthur doing when Art arrives at the party at the Bellwethers'?
(a) He is tapping the keg.
(b) He is ordering pizzas.
(c) He is taking a nap.
(d) He is in bed with Abdullah.

4. Art searches his apartment for a picture of _______________.
(a) Godzilla's egg.
(b) The Grand Canyon.
(c) Julia Roberts.
(d) Mickey Mantle.

5. Where does Art stop before going to work?
(a) The gas station.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) The Cloud Factory.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious affiliation does Art have?

2. Who is Art's father?

3. What name do two bookstore employees call Art?

4. What are Art's feelings about Pittsburgh?

5. At what age did Arthur feel fairly certain that he was gay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Art meet Phlox?

2. How does Art feel about Cleveland's meeting his father?

3. Who is Happy?

4. Why does Art agree to have a beer with Arthur?

5. Describe the environment at the bookstore.

6. What fantasy does Art employ when he is about to make love to Phlox for the first time?

7. Why is Art's life filled with secrets?

8. How does the topic of homosexuality first come up in the story?

9. What are some of the phases that Phlox goes through in her life?

10. What information does Art Bechstein, the protagonist, provide at the beginning of THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH?

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