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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gerardo and Paulina have with them on the terrace?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) An impartial witness.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A camera.

2. What song begins to play?
(a) Schubert's Death and the Maiden.
(b) Beethoven's Fur Elise.
(c) Ravel's Bolero.
(d) Bach's Brandenburg Concerto.

3. As Paulina persists in questioning Gerardo about the affair, how does he respond.
(a) He says he wants a divorce.
(b) He says if she brings it up once more, he will shoot her instead of Roberto.
(c) Asks her why they torture each other in this way and does she want him to leave.
(d) He says he will find the woman and let Paulina talk to her.

4. What sounds are heard?
(a) It is absolutely silent.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) Music as well as general audience noise.
(d) The telephone is ringing.

5. What are some of the things Paulina mentions that she endured during torture?
(a) Handcuffed to a brick wall off the floor.
(b) Water-boarding.
(c) Electrocutions, rapes, near-drowning in feces.
(d) Eating raw pork.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do Gerardo and Roberto joke?

2. How does Gerardo act when Paulina is explaining about the car jack?

3. Why does Gerardo leave Roberto at the end of the scene?

4. What is supposed to happen on Sunday?

5. What is the first thing Roberto says when Paulina removes the gag?

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