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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. Where is the Vigilante sent for his crimes?
(a) An international circus
(b) A state prison
(c) A federal prison
(d) A federal psychiatric hospital

2. Where does the sexual orgy take place in Chapter 9?
(a) AJ's apartment
(b) Hassan's Rumpus Room
(c) Queens Plaza
(d) Barnum and Bailey Circus

3. What do the freed addicts raid once they are freed from the psychiatric hospital?
(a) Electronics stores
(b) Drug stores
(c) Pet stores
(d) Candy stores

4. What part of their body are Mugwumps missing?
(a) Brains
(b) Kidneys
(c) Eyes
(d) Livers

5. William awaits the opening of what in Chapter 8?
(a) The drugstore
(b) The church
(c) The women's clothing store
(d) The mall

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane die?

2. What does the Professor encourage his students to express freely in Chapter 10?

3. What is the last name of William in Naked Lunch?

4. William imagines a conversation between an Inspector and whom in Chapter 8?

5. Which of the following diseases is suffering from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when William Lee meets Miguel in “Lazarus Go Home”?

2. How does William describe the Vigilante in terms of his “humanity”?

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

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

5. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

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

7. How is Dr. Benway viewed by those around him?

8. How is the setting of “Campus of Interzone University” described? What is the Professor lecturing about at the beginning of the chapter?

9. William looks down on the other passengers of the bus because they do not know anything about the drug subculture but pretend to in “And Start West.” Why is this significant to the novel’s themes?

10. What is symbolized by the disease Bang-utot in the narrative?

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