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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 does the couple see when they look up at Marcelle's window?

2. What does the narrator dare Simone to do in Chapter 1?

3. How does the couple travel in Chapter 4?

4. What heightens the couple's sexuality at the end of Chapter 1?

5. What do the two youths do together following Simone's actions in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the parents find out about the orgy, and what do the parents do when they discover what has occurred?

2. What does the narrator explain causes his and Simone's sexual dream to turn in to a nightmare?

3. Explain the mother's second encounter with the couple in their actions, and her reaction as well as the reaction of the couple.

4. What has happened to Marcelle after the orgy? How does the couple discover what has happened to Marcelle? What do they think of doing to help her?

5. What happens when the narrator finds Simone, and what is the accidental result that rises Marcelle from her room?

6. How does the narrator explain Marcelle's features as she gazes at the ocean?

7. Explain what happens to Marcelle in Chapter 1.

8. Explain what the narrator thinks as he chases down the unknown naked woman, and the reality of who the woman is.

9. Explain the narrator's trip through the sanitarium.

10. How does the narrator equate sex and violence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, sexual gratification and violence appear to go hand in hand. Discuss this idea in depth. Why is sex and violence tied together in the novel? What are some examples of this theme? What are the narrator's thoughts on this particular link? What does this idea lead the teens to do?

Essay Topic 2

There appear to be several references to religion in the novel, in terms of the teenagers and their complete lack of respect for anything bearing a religious meaning. Choose one reference that is anti religious in the story, and explain why you believe it was used in the novel. Some examples might be the forcing of the priest to urinate in the chalice, the narrator's note that the alter was a sensual place perfect for sex, the urination by Simone on the tomb of Don Juan, and any other reference. What statement did your choice make in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Nature plays a large part in this story, as the narrator often uses the nature surrounding the characters to explain changes in their senses, and to explain some of their behaviors. List at least two examples of when nature is used as a part of the storyline. What were the characters doing? How did nature play a part? What was the situation? What was the end result? How did nature affect the behaviors or actions of the characters?

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