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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 is missing from the encounters the narrator has with other men?
2. Which of the following does NOT describe the art students?
3. When the narrator spends an evening out with Morris and some other friends he realizes that _____________________ attracts negative attention from others.
4. What affliction does Annie suffer from?
5. Hunton makes disparaging remarks about the narrator's __________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the narrator's first year experiences at college.
2. What role does Dr. O'Reilly serve in the narrator's life?
3. How does the narrator's coming of age as a gay man mirror the coming of age of an entire gay community?
4. What does Maria reveal to the narrator when he visits during Christmas vacation in Chapter 4?
5. Who are Betty and Kay and why does the narrator enjoy their company?
6. What are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?
7. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?
8. With whom does the narrator engage in heterosexual activity and what was the basis for the connections?
9. How does the narrator meet Tex and Morris?
10. What role do emotions play in the narrator's sexual relations with other men and the sexual relations of homosexual men in general?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Beautiful Room is Empty" is a classic coming of age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
The latter part of the novel takes place in the late 1960s as America is experiencing free love, war protests, gay liberation and radical shifts in music. Research this period in America and create a multimedia presentation of the clothes, food, music and people during
Essay Topic 3
Create a character study of Lou. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Lou?
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