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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, pages 171-180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the marquis is wheezing like?
(a) A broken engine.
(b) Broken bellows.
(c) A leaking gas pipe.
(d) A dying man.

2. What does Don Jaime say he balances his loneliness with?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Conversation.

3. What makes Don Jaime think that Dona Adela has a cruel nature?
(a) She doesn't believe in God.
(b) She is always gossiping about Don Luis.
(c) She has a black sense of humor.
(d) She wants to know if he has killed.

4. What does Don Luis want Don Jaime to do for him?
(a) Kill Dona Adela.
(b) Stop teaching him.
(c) Take possession of a file.
(d) Teach him Jaime's thrust move.

5. What do the police say have been taken from Don Jaime's safes?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Papers.
(d) Foils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Don Jaime think modern views of fencing diminish its value?

2. How does Don Jaime change the mood when Don Adela gets too close?

3. What does Campillo offer Don Jaime?

4. Which member of the discussion group says he hopes for a civil war?

5. Why does Don Jaime say he took Dona Adela on?

(see the answer key)

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