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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 runs rampant in Jones' building?
(a) Unattended children.
(b) Loud music.
(c) Drug abuse.
(d) Sexual promiscuity.

2. Why does Fouts send Jones a first class ticket to Paris?
(a) He wanted his advice.
(b) He missed him.
(c) He was attracted to Jones' stories.
(d) He wanted him to attend his premiere.

3. The book focuses on the lives of people in _______________.
(a) poverty.
(b) decline.
(c) high society.
(d) rural America.

4. Why did Jones engage in homosexual experiences at an early age?
(a) On a dare.
(b) For adventure.
(c) To shock people.
(d) For payment.

5. Jones says his book is about ________________.
(a) truth as illusion.
(b) the quest for love.
(c) evil.
(d) man vs. nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Hamilton suggest to Jones?

2. Which famous actress does Joes meet at Boatwright's parties?

3. Who is the secretary in Victoria Self's office?

4. What would be viable if Jones were to move to this location?

5. What is notable about the masseur Jones meets in the YMCA?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jones imply with his ideas of moving to the country or moving to the sixth floor?

2. How did Jones get the money to get to New York and how does he describe his first year in that city?

3. Which American expatriate has a strong influence on Jones' life?

4. What is the premise of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

5. Which real person is thinly disguised in the character of Mr. Wallace?

6. Why does Jones identify so strongly with the American expatriates?

7. Who is Turner Boatwright and what is his relationship with Jones?

8. What is the irony of Jones' namedropping in the book?

9. Give an example of how the author thinly veils the work as fiction.

10. Who does the editor feel is the real person disguised as P.B. Jones?

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