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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 do when she waits for her departure?

2. What are Maria's memories filled with after her first special client?

3. What social stigma to women and sex does Ralf mention?

4. What role does her surprise guest assume over Maria in Chapter 23?

5. What does Maria choose not to tell Ralf?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Maria and Ralf entice each other after Maria's first time with Terence?

3. What does Ralf force Maria to do in relation to pleasure in pain?

4. How does Milan react to Maria spending an evening with Ralf?

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

6. How does Maria feel about going home after she tells Milan she is quitting?

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

8. Describe Maria and Ralf's first experience when he is her customer.

9. How does Maria feel about her home and Geneva after her first experience with Ralf?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Geneva with Brazil. How do they 2 locations greatly affect Maria?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ralf's intentions with Maria with that of Terence's intentions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Maria continuously ignores her instincts throughout the novel. How does this have great importance on Maria's behavior?

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