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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator admit he kept from the bullfight on May 7th?
(a) His ticket.
(b) A fan.
(c) A horn.
(d) The bull testicle.

2. Why is Simone agitated at the corpse?
(a) Because she fears death.
(b) Because Marcelle can no longer feel her.
(c) Because she doesn't like the position of the body.
(d) Because she wants Marcelle alive.

3. Who delivers the eggs to the room?
(a) Servants.
(b) Sir Edmond.
(c) The maid.
(d) Simone's mother.

4. What does Sir Edmond do with the blond mannequin?
(a) Asks Simone to stab it.
(b) Makes love to it.
(c) Asks Simone to urinate on it.
(d) Asks Simone to shoot it.

5. How does the couple get Marcelle's attention?
(a) They call her on the phone.
(b) They knock on her door.
(c) They yell for her.
(d) They throw pebbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple fear will overtake Marcelle?

2. What does the author note is the true meaning of terror?

3. What do Simone and the narrator fantasize about Marcelle and eggs?

4. What stories does the narrator read aloud to Simone?

5. How does Marcelle die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Simone and the narrator travel to Spain undetected.

2. Why does the narrator claim the universe seems decent to some, and why they fear lewdness?

3. Explain how the death of Granero occurs, and the result of his death in terms of his eye.

4. Describe what Simone begins enjoying doing with eggs at the beginning of Chapter 6.

5. What does Marcelle seem to fear most at the end of Chapter 7, and what does the narrator realize this fear relates to?

6. Explain the change in Simone following the death of Marcelle.

7. Explain the author's comparison between his own life and the crow of a rooster.

8. What tradition does Sir Edmond tell Simone of, and what is her response?

9. Describe the narrator's thoughts about Marcelle as the couple rides home from the sanitarium in Chapter 5.

10. Describe the sexual fantasy of Simone and the narrator about Marcelle in Chapter 6.

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