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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 did Dona Adela use to kill Don Luis?

2. What does Don Jaime think that Dona Ardela intends to do if he doesn't hand over the document?

3. Where does Don Jaime find Carceles?

4. Who did Dona Adela arrange for the two thugs to kill?

5. When don't fencing rules apply?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Don Jaime already deeply involved in the murder case?

2. Why id Don Jaime so horrified about what has happened to Don Luis?

3. Why does Don Jaime ask the night watchman to send for a doctor?

4. Why does Don Jaime think Dona Adela could be the murderer?

5. What does Dona Adela tell Don Jaime about her ex-lover?

6. How do Don Jaime's feelings about Dona Adela change when he sees her dead body?

7. How does Carceles react to reading the file?

8. What reasons does Don Jaime have for protecting Dona Adela?

9. Why does Don Jaime decide to use a pistol in this section?

10. Why does Don Jaime to ask Carceles to read the file?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the following terms;

1. Compound attack.

2. The short lunge.

3. Glissade.

4. Appel.

How does the author use the fencing terms as part of the narrative structure?

Essay Topic 2

How does Don Jaime's obsession with fencing shield him from every day life? In what ways is this obsession both a strength and weakness?

Essay Topic 3

What were the role of women in 1860s Spain? In what way is the feminism discourse relate to contemporary issues?

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