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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does Robert open his laptop while alone in his room with Margot?
(a) To play music.
(b) To adjust the lights.
(c) To return an email.
(d) To turn the volume off.

2. What is NOT a way in which Margot mentally describes Robert's belly just before their sexual encounter?
(a) Thick.
(b) Creased.
(c) Soft.
(d) Covered with hair.

3. Margot tries "to bludgeon her resistance into submission" (88) by taking what action?
(a) Taking a sip of whiskey.
(b) Taking a sip of wine.
(c) Taking a sip of vodka.
(d) Taking a sip of rum.

4. In what kind of neighborhood does Robert live?
(a) Run-down and depressing.
(b) Wooded and pretty.
(c) Generic and nondescript.
(d) Pleasant and spacious.

5. What kind of kiss does Robert give Margot before telling her that she is drunk and that he is taking her home?
(a) A peck on the top of the head.
(b) A peck on the cheek.
(c) A peck on the forehead.
(d) A peck on the lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margot sit while Robert is getting undressed?

2. Robert offers to get Margot what kind of drink when they arrive at the bar?

3. Margot sees humiliation as "a kind of perverse cousin to" (91) what?

4. What action is Robert taking when Margot feels a "wave of" a particular emotion "wash over her" (91)?

5. What emotion does Margot feel as she tells Robert that she likes his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the exact details that Margot notices just before deciding (privately) that she does not want to have sex with Robert?

2. How does Robert react when Margot is rejected at entrance to the underground bar?

3. Margot feels that Robert's jokes about which aspect of her personality are unfair?

4. How does one particular action of Margot's cause a marked change in Robert's mood?

5. What two competing emotions does Margot feel when Robert kisses her for the first time?

6. In what type of thinking does Margot engage when she can "hardly admit to herself" (89) that she is doing it?

7. Describe the first kiss between Margot and Robert.

8. Describe Margot's fantasy about her future boyfriend.

9. In what kinds of behaviors does Margot engage that appear to have a "palpable and immediate effect on him" (85)?

10. Conjuring what image causes Margot's revulsion to turn to "self-disgust and humiliation" (91)?

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