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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 the narrator note Marcelle has become?

2. What does the narrator believe will happen if he and Simone die?

3. What does the narrator imagine he will do with the rest of his life?

4. What does Simone do to the body of Marcelle?

5. What does Simone begin with in her egg obsession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens to Simone as she attempts to masturbate on the bicycle, and the narrator's initial reaction.

2. What are the three things that fascinate Simone about bullfights?

3. Explain how the author notes the change in Marcelle as he describes her actions when Simone and the narrator are freeing her from the sanitarium.

4. Explain why Simone and the narrator do not speak of eggs, or of any other portion of their unusual sexual relationship.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, there are several references to both the eye and the egg, and both seem to be related by the end of the novel. Discuss ways in which the eye and the egg are used in the novel to convey thoughts and concepts. Be sure to examine specific instances in detail. What are similarities? What are differences? What are different ways in which these items are associated? How are they used in the novel? What do they represent?

Essay Topic 2

Word association and thought association is used throughout the novel, both as a visual tool but also as a tool to convey reasons for certain behaviors. Choose one of the topics below, and write a complete analysis of how the word is associated in the novel, and what this association means in terms of the characters and/or the storyline.

1.) Associations with lightning

2.) Associations with urine

3.) Associations with the color red

4.) Associations with the Milky Way

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of the narrator and Sir Edmond. What are their similarities? What are their differences? What are the differences in terms of their relationship with Simone? How does each character change throughout the novel? What is the motive behind their actions and behaviors? Why does each continue to associate with Simone?

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