Faggots Quiz

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The experiences of which character parallel Timmy's search for Winnie, and why? (from Section 6, pp. 152 – 172)

Randy: his search for love from Timmy parallel's Anthony's search for love from Leather Louie.

Fred: his search for love from Randy parallels Timmy's search for love from Winnie, who said he loved him.

Timmy: his search for love from Winnie echoes his own search for love from Fred, whom he has long desired to be with.

Fred: his search for love from Dinky parallels Timmy's search for Winnie, who said he loved him.

What is ironic about Randy's experience with Dordogna? (from Section 10, pp. 246 - 269)

Dordogna uses Randy's career ambitions to achieve her sexual goals with him in the same way as Randy uses Timmy's.

Randy's desperate desire to be with Dordogna is the same as Timmy's desperate desire to be with him.

Randy manipulates Dordogna's desire for him in the same way as he manipulates Timmy's.

Dordogna uses Randy's uncertainty about his sexual orientation to achieve her sexual goals with him in the same way as Randy uses Timmy's.

What demand does Timmy make of the porn photographer who takes his picture? (from Section 3, pp. 65 – 101)

That the photographs never show his face.

That the photographs are never actually seen.

That the photographs never be published.

That the photographs never show him below the waist.

What is the main reason that Fire Island feels so much like "home" to Fred and so many other "faggots"? (from Section 9, pp. 221 – 246)

They finally feel like they are are a part of the world that hates them.

It is a relatively inexpensive place to spend a weekend.

They feel safe and separate from the world that they believe hates them.

It is a relatively private place where they can get away from potentially awkward encounters with people they do not want to see.

How does this quote, referring to Fred's realizations about his relationship with Dinky, relate specifically to that relationship: “A guy who wanted to love too much chose to fall in love with someone who didn’t want to love at all” (300). (from Section 11, pp. 269 – 304)

Dinky is the first guy: Fred is the second.

The reference to the first guy is a reference to what Fred thinks about homosexual men in general: the reference to the second guy is a reference to what he realizes Dinky thinks about homosexual men in general.

The reference to the first guy is a reference to homosexual men in general: the reference to the second guy is also a reference to homosexual men in general.

Fred is the first guy: Dinky is the second.