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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist of the story wants a career as a/an __________________.
(a) attorney.
(b) priest.
(c) writer.
(d) architect.

2. The narrator feels like a/an ________________ to his life and family.
(a) irritant.
(b) outsider.
(c) gift.
(d) burden.

3. Who is Maria?
(a) The narrator's friend.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's aunt.
(d) The narrator's mother.

4. The relationship between Tex and Morris is sometimes _________________.
(a) angry.
(b) pitiful.
(c) tense.
(d) funny.

5. Tex believes that once a man ______________________________, he becomes uninteresting to other homosexuals.
(a) becomes old.
(b) has been married.
(c) has sex with a woman.
(d) begins acting on his sexual desires for other men.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Beautiful Room is Empty" takes place during the 1950s and 1960s in which country?

2. What does the narrator wonder as he observes Tex and Morris?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the art students?

4. What does Tex complain to the narrator about in Chapter 2?

5. A conversation between the narrator and Tex shows the narrator's lack of knowledge about ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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