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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads the patients at Dr. Benway’s psychiatric hospital being freed?

2. What is Dr. Benway’s new project called?

3. What do the students in the classroom turn into at the end of Chapter 10?

4. Which of the following refers to an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the character of Joselito represent symbolically?

5. Why do the Sailor and “Fats” Terminal meet in “The Black Meat”? What takes place in their meeting?

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

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

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

9. What is symbolized by in Annexia and Freeland?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the style of the narrative and its relationship to the Beat Generation movement. What stylistic elements arose in the writing of the Beat writers? What was the critical and public response to Naked Lunch?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history of mind control and its uses. When was mind control first developed? What implications does the author give regarding the mind control of individuals within mainstream society?

Essay Topic 3

Naked Lunch explores several themes, including drugs and homosexuality. How do the drug and homosexual subcultures of the 1950s mix in the novel? How are these related to the other themes?

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