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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paul's class poem about?
(a) Living a life of secrets.
(b) Creating opportunities.
(c) His past crushes.
(d) Finding happiness.

2. What insecurity does Paul acquire after coming out of the closet?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His lack of pride.
(c) His inexperience compared to other gay men.
(d) His body.

3. What does Paul learn about love?
(a) It is harder than he realized.
(b) It is everything he thought it would be.
(c) It is not as romantic as he thought.
(d) It is anti-climatic.

4. What does Paul like to do while reading Thoreau?
(a) End a reading with a song from Bob Dylan.
(b) Read aloud to capture the meaning.
(c) Compare Thoreau's writings to his journal.
(d) Sit naked in the woods.

5. Where does Paul live immediately after college?
(a) California.
(b) In an apartment with a fellow Yalie.
(c) A cabin outside of New Haven.
(d) Back at Andover with his parents.

6. Who does Paul console on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
(a) Alida.
(b) Mr. Allston.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Myra Golden.

7. What does Paul purposefully do one Saturday after seeing some theater?
(a) Flirt with a man older than him.
(b) Go to a pub to pick someone up.
(c) Take the first train home to avoid the crowds.
(d) Miss the last train home.

8. Paul takes another chance with who by going to Georgia for a vacation?
(a) Harold.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Edie.

9. What opportunity does Paul get after Sutton?
(a) A writing job for a start-up magazine in California.
(b) A job at Canton Academy.
(c) A free ride out to California.
(d) Acceptance to the graduate program at Harvard.

10. Greg and Paul's relationship can be described as _________.
(a) Under Paul's control.
(b) A healthy relationship.
(c) Mutual.
(d) Under Greg's control.

11. How is Pip unhealthy for Paul?
(a) Pip consistently cheats on Paul.
(b) Pip is even more closeted than Paul.
(c) Pip gives Paul herpes.
(d) Pip pressures Paul to come out faster than he is comfortable.

12. What New Year's resolution does Paul make while in Puerto Rico?
(a) To have sex without shame.
(b) To not run away next time someone wants him.
(c) To stop buying men magazines.
(d) To try heterosexual relationships.

13. What does Bobby have that makes Paul feel even more sullen about his own life?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A nice car.
(c) A full scholarship to college.
(d) A strong relationship with their father.

14. What bond brings Alida and Paul together?
(a) Local theater.
(b) Attempting to be bohemian with bourgeois privileges.
(c) Classic literature.
(d) Search for love.

15. What is most different about Paul after his one night stand with the Navy man?
(a) He will only talk to women.
(b) He is shyer than ever before.
(c) He walks with his head up higher.
(d) He can talk to anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul feel about his relationship with Ellen?

2. What does Paul try out at Cantwell's suggestion?

3. What major change occurs in Paul when he returns from Georgia?

4. What does Pip and Paul want to believe about women and relationships?

5. How does Paul advertise himself at Canton?

(see the answer keys)

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