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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator contemplate doing in Chapter 3?
(a) Killing Simone.
(b) Raping Simone.
(c) Committing suicide.
(d) Killing his parents.

2. What causes the narrator to have a violent orgasm?
(a) The storm.
(b) A combination of Simone, the storm, and the gun.
(c) Simone.
(d) The gun.

3. Who joins the couple in the latter part of Chapter 1?
(a) Sir Edmond.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Marcelle.
(d) Simone's mother.

4. What does the couple see on a sheet in a window?
(a) Vomit.
(b) A urine stain.
(c) A flowered pattern.
(d) Blood.

5. Where does the narrator go to find safety after his night in the woods?
(a) Marcelle's house.
(b) His own home.
(c) Sir Edmond's house.
(d) Simone's house.

6. Why do the narrator and Simone not have sex?
(a) They are afraid.
(b) They wish to remain pure.
(c) They feel they can't without Marcelle present.
(d) They are waiting until they marry.

7. What effect does the sight of the wet sheet have on the couple?
(a) They begin to cry.
(b) They run in terror.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They scream.

8. What does the narrator do shortly upon entering?
(a) Shoots at a shadow.
(b) Removes his pants.
(c) Runs into Simone.
(d) Stumbles on a body.

9. Who catches the couple in the parlor in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Simone's mother.
(b) Sir Edmond.
(c) Simone's father.
(d) Marcelle.

10. What does the narrator note about the colors of the girls' stockings?
(a) Marcelle's are black, while Simone's are white.
(b) They are both white.
(c) They are both black.
(d) Simone's are black, while Marcelle's are white.

11. What heightens the couple's sexuality at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) A car crash.
(c) The dawn.
(d) The fear of being caught.

12. Who is called at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The servants.
(b) Police.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Parents.

13. What is served at the event in Chapter 2?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

14. What does the narrator do when he lays with Simone on the beach?
(a) Cries.
(b) Shoots her.
(c) Removes her clothing.
(d) Removes his clothing.

15. Why does the narrator run from the building?
(a) He sees a dead body.
(b) Simone screams.
(c) A guard finds him.
(d) He cannot locate Marcelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple invite Marcelle to?

2. What brings the parents to the room at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator do as he orgasms?

4. What does the narrator note is a bizarre feeling as he runs?

5. Where is Marcelle confined?

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