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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paulina returns to the living room, what does she do?
(a) Gives Roberto more water.
(b) Ask Roberto to forgive her.
(c) Says another line from her time of torture and runs her hands all over Roberto.
(d) Pistol whips Roberto for trying to escape.

2. Who does Gerardo thank?
(a) His mother.
(b) Paulina.
(c) Spectators who are off-stage.
(d) No one.

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

4. Where does Roberto say he has to go?
(a) To pick his wife and children up at the airport.
(b) To his office to get his papers for accuracy.
(c) To work.
(d) To the bathroom.

5. What will Paulina do if Roberto gives her a signed confession?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Insist on therapy.
(c) Have him arrested.
(d) Let him go.

6. What does Paulina do when Gerardo looks at her as the song commences?
(a) Looks over at Roberto and gives him an obscene sign.
(b) Turns to Gerardo and smiles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Crys.

7. What alternative does Paulina offer Gerardo instead of his involvement?
(a) No alternative.
(b) That he can sit in the bedroom and listen.
(c) That he can call the police and have her arrested.
(d) That he can leave and never come back.

8. What is the main thing Paulina wants from Roberto?
(a) His written and signed confession in her hand.
(b) An apology.
(c) An explanation as to why he hurt her.
(d) A guarantee that he won't go to the police.

9. What does Roberto say about Gerardo's ability to protect Paulina?
(a) Roberto questions Gerardo's manhood for not protecting Paulina from rape.
(b) He is not to blame that he couldn't keep Paulina safe.
(c) He is better able to protect her than the police.
(d) That it's not his responsibility to have kept Paulina safe.

10. What composer does Paulina want to listen to with Gerardo?
(a) Schubert.
(b) Bach.
(c) Ravel.
(d) Wagner.

11. What has Paulina not shared with Gerardo in the past?
(a) The fact that she had been a medical student.
(b) Very much about her experiences while being tortured.
(c) That she was fairly sure she knew who Dr. Miranda is.
(d) That she is estranged from her parents.

12. What does Gerardo imply that Roberto has done?
(a) Assassinated the chief of police.
(b) Gotten himself into this predicament by his actions.
(c) Raped women tied to a cot.
(d) Performed human euthanesia.

13. What does Roberto state about Paulina?
(a) That she is beautiful.
(b) That he knew her when she was in elementary school.
(c) That she is an admirable person.
(d) That she needs psychiatric care.

14. What does Paulina want to know about Gerardo's affair with this woman?
(a) If he wishes he was with her now.
(b) If he loved her.
(c) How many times they had sex.
(d) How they met.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns to Roberto and meets his gaze for a moment?

2. When is Paulina kidnapped?

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

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

5. Why is Gerardo being congratulated?

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