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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. When Bateman talks with the two blondes in his apartment, it becomes clear they are confused by _________________.
(a) What he does for a living.
(b) His dog.
(c) The blood on the floor.
(d) His instructions.

2. What does Bateman want from Paul Owen, which is why he creates a devious plan to get it from him?
(a) His account.
(b) His wife.
(c) His money.
(d) A car.

3. Patrick Bateman and Tim Price get to Evelyn's home by _________ at the start of the book.
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Bus.

4. While at dinner, Bateman and his friends discuss questions they might want to send into a magazine. What magazine is discussed?
(a) Maxim.
(b) GQ.
(c) Playboy.
(d) New Yorker.

5. Whose concert does Bateman end up seeing because Luis Carruthers decides to arrange it for the group of friends?
(a) U2.
(b) Whitney Houston.
(c) Roxette.
(d) Genesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bateman rushes _____________ out of the room when he realizes that his identity might be discovered.

2. After the concert, Bateman finds out that two of the _____________ tried to get Courtney and Evelyn backstage to meet the band.

3. What nightclub do the men decide to go to after they have eaten dinner at the restaurant?

4. What does Bateman reveal to Evelyn in reference to the whereabouts of Tim Price who is suddenly missing?

5. Who does Bateman realize may be having an affair, which only mildly disappoints him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bateman find out about his date one night with Patricia, as indicated by several messages on his answering machine?

2. When Evelyn asks whether Bateman has seen Tim Price, what does Bateman reveal that he knows about Price?

3. How does Bateman brush off the girl from his apartment who wants to make a date with him?

4. What does Bateman feel he has embarrassed himself with in the course of the dinner conversation?

5. What does Bateman lecture a homeless man about on his way home from a black tie dinner?

6. What are two of the subjects Bateman and his friends discuss when they are out at Harry's?

7. What does the artist feel about the sushi that is being served at the dinner Bateman is attending at the start of the novel?

8. What is the problem at the dry cleaners at the start of this section of the book which causes Bateman to argue with the owners?

9. What does Bateman realize about Evelyn and Price as she is brushing her hair and Price is talking to her?

10. What does Bateman tell his co-worker during the lunch when they talk about the Bahamas, though his co-worker doesn't hear what Bateman said?

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