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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 does Maria's first special client like?

2. What does Ralf advise Maria on in Chapter 25?

3. What does Ralf confess to Maria?

4. What is the name of the item that Maria's coworker and customer show Maria?

5. What book does Maria return to the library in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maria and Ralf's third encounter at the hotel.

2. How does the librarian react to the books she reads?

3. Describe the scene that Maria witnesses between her 2 coworkers.

4. Describe how Terence finds pleasure.

5. How does Ralf react to Maria discussing her experience with Terence of pleasure in pain?

6. Describe what the Violet Rod is.

7. Describe how Terence humiliates Maria in their second time together.

8. Describe Maria's feelings about leaving Geneva after she buys her ticket home.

9. Why does Maria hesitate about going to the exhibition with Ralf?

10. Describe what Ralf show's Maria when they wake the morning after her experience with the stones.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the history of prostitution is prevalent throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Virgin Mary's importance in relation to Maria and her internal struggles. Who does the Virgin Mary represent for Maria?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what Ralf represents to Maria and what Maria represents to Ralf.

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