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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Don Jaime fight the second duel?
(a) The man had criticized Montespan.
(b) The man was his rival in love.
(c) The man had publicly criticized Don Jaime.
(d) The man had killed Don Jaime's friend.

2. What country did Don Jaime settle down in in 1850?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

3. Why is Don Jaime troubled by thoughts of Dona Adela?
(a) He thinks she is a murderer.
(b) He thinks she is going to marry Don Luis.
(c) He thinks she used him for something.
(d) He thinks she is a sociopath.

4. What law does Don Jaime realize has been declared when he sees the soldiers on his way to the cafe?
(a) Martial law.
(b) National law.
(c) Social law.
(d) Civil law.

5. What does Don Jaime hate to hear fencing be called?
(a) An art form.
(b) A hobby.
(c) A leisure activity.
(d) A sport.

6. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?
(a) He suggests Jaime is in love.
(b) He suggests Jaime is teaching Adela because she is beautiful
(c) He suggests that Jaime is no longer the best teacher in Spain.
(d) He suggests Jaime is too old to teach.

7. Why does Jaime refuse to take sides on the political arguments?
(a) He doesn't understand politics.
(b) He hates politics.
(c) He agrees with everyone and no one.
(d) His business is fencing.

8. What is masculine about Dona Adela de Otera's face?
(a) Her broken nose.
(b) Her blacked out eye.
(c) A scar at her mouth.
(d) Her strong chin.

9. What does Don Jaime call his search for the perfect thrust?
(a) Mission Impossible.
(b) The Quest.
(c) The Holy Grail.
(d) The Ark.

10. What does Don Jaime say he would never take pride in?
(a) Teaching someone.
(b) Killing someone.
(c) Loving someone.
(d) Stealing from someone.

11. What does Don Jaime agree to teach Don Adela?
(a) The two hundred escudo thrust.
(b) The defensive leap.
(c) The wall block.
(d) The sixty fist lunge.

12. What was the name of Don Jaime's old fencing master?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Adele.
(c) Lucien.
(d) Juan.

13. Why does Don Luis say he chose Don Jaime to hide the file?
(a) He rarely talks to other people.
(b) He is the only honest man he knows.
(c) Don Jaime can defend himself.
(d) His home is difficult to break into.

14. What does Adela always do when she gets changed?
(a) Plays Chopin.
(b) Sings folk songs.
(c) Leaves the door open.
(d) Polished her sword.

15. What does Dona Adela de Otero want from Don Jaime?
(a) For him to fight her ex-lover.
(b) For him to teach her son.
(c) Revenge.
(d) For him to teach her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Don Jaime say is not a gentleman?

2. Where does Don Jaime go for breakfast?

3. What is Marcelino's job?

4. Who dies at the end of this section?

5. In which city did Don Jaime have his second duel?

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