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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 is William S. Burroughs’s middle name?
(a) Samuel
(b) Stanley
(c) Seward
(d) Stephen

2. William imagines a conversation between an Inspector and whom in Chapter 8?
(a) A dentist
(b) A taxidermist
(c) A reporter
(d) A priest

3. What do the students in the classroom turn into at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Donkeys
(b) Horses
(c) Pigs
(d) Turtles

4. In what year was Naked Lunch originally published?
(a) 1959
(b) 1981
(c) 1969
(d) 1948

5. Which of the following refers to an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence?
(a) Sanitarium
(b) Dungeon
(c) Intercool
(d) Calendula

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Vigilante sent for his crimes?

2. What does The Sailor receives what from a passing messenger after his meeting?

3. Which of the following refers to a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind?

4. NG Joe had a disorder in which death occurs during what?

5. What time does William Lee meet Miguel in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Joselito described? Where is he in the beginning of the chapter named for him?

2. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

3. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

4. How does William deal with the deaths of his friends in “The Rube”? Why is this significant?

5. What is symbolized by Dr. Benway’s operation in “Hospital”?

6. What is the significance of Vigilante’s character in the novel? How does the Vigilante change?

7. What are the two nonhuman creatures described by the author in “The Black Meat”?

8. How does the narrative style and plot structure change in “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

9. What is symbolized by the Professor’s lecture in “Campus of Interzone University”?

10. How are the setting and characters described in the beginning of “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

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