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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. Who dies at the end of this section?

2. What member of the nobility does Dona Adela say she is interested in?

3. Where does Don Luis think much of Don Jaime's personal philosophy comes from?

4. What does Don Luis say he feels like everywhere he goes?

5. Why is Don Jaime troubled by thoughts of Dona Adela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Jaime about his loneliness?

2. How does Don Jaime react to the Civil Guard fighting the demonstrators in this section?

3. What is masculine about Adela Otero?

4. What does Don Jaime closing the shutters on the demonstrators say about how he likes to live his life?

5. What is Don Jaime's opinion of Manlito?

6. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?

7. How does Don Jaime react to Romero's depression over his unrequited love for the married woman?

8. What favor does Don Jaime agree to do for Don Luis in this section?

9. Describe the room in which Don Jaime waits for Adela Otero.

10. What is the only thing that Don Jaime knows about Dona Adela's private life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

How did Don Jaime become a fencing master? What has fencing taught Don Jaime about life?

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