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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 author note is the true meaning of terror?
(a) That it expresses inner sorrow.
(b) That it expresses a deep seeded aversion.
(c) That it expresses inner anger.
(d) That it expresses a violent desire.

2. What does Simone compare to urine?
(a) A fire.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) Plants.
(d) Lightening.

3. Why does the couple travel to Spain following Marcelle's death?
(a) To see new sights.
(b) To start a new life together without Marcelle.
(c) To escape police questioning.
(d) To rid themselves of Marcelle's memory.

4. What does Marcelle say to the narrator that first indicates she is mentally unwell?
(a) She notes they can now get married.
(b) She notes she is at home.
(c) She tells him she is Simone.
(d) She notes she is in a castle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say about the time following Simone's accident?

3. Where do the narrator and Simone make love at the bullfight?

4. What is Simone's favorite part of a bullfight?

5. From whom does Marcelle ask the narrator to protect her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Simone's episode with the raw bull testicle. Include what happens when she first receives it, and the end result.

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

3. What does the narrator believe is the goal of his own lack of moral discipline?

4. What does the confusion between the cardinal and the narrator on the part of Marcelle seem to show?

5. Why does the narrator claim he believes Simone urinates on the corpse of Marcelle?

6. What happens to Marcelle in Chapter 8, and why?

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

8. Based on the narrator's claims at the end of Chapter 6, what does the episode with eggs indicate about the future of the characters?

9. Describe the scene in the pigsty in Chapter 9, and explain its significance.

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

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