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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Arthur to pose as in a session that night?
(a) A corpse.
(b) A General.
(c) A Judge.
(d) A Bishop.

2. How is Arthur killed?
(a) The Chief kills him.
(b) A bullet comes through the window.
(c) Arthur falls down a flight of stairs.
(d) The prostitutes gang up on him.

3. What does the Prisoner confess to the Judge?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She is not a Prisoner.
(c) She is innocent.
(d) She is an actress.

4. What has happened to the Queen?
(a) She is in hiding.
(b) She hase been killed.
(c) She has joined the rebels.
(d) She has been kidnapped.

5. What does Irma say keeps happening, despite the revolution?
(a) There is very little bombing.
(b) People keep coming to The Balcony.
(c) There is less freedom.
(d) The government's soldiers keep dying.

6. What does Irma ask Carmen?
(a) How much longer she will be working at The Balcony.
(b) If she will join the rebels.
(c) What she knows about Chantal.
(d) If she loves her.

7. What does Irma notice about one of her prostitutes on the monitor?
(a) She is leaving the room early.
(b) She is screaming.
(c) She is getting too friendly with the visitor.
(d) She is beating her visitor.

8. How does the Chief of Police change the subject?
(a) He contemplates what scenario he will have.
(b) He asks for details about what scenarios have gone on in the whorehouse.
(c) He talks about how disturbing it is the have the Queen in hiding.
(d) He asks Irma if she will get rid of Arthur.

9. What is Carmen doing?
(a) Counting the income from the evening's activities.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Writing a letter to her daughter.

10. What happens when Irma leaves the Bishop?
(a) He confesses his own sins.
(b) He prays.
(c) He loses complete control.
(d) He begins to cry.

11. To whom does the Judge compare himself?
(a) The real judge.
(b) God.
(c) The King of Hell.
(d) Jesus.

12. What does the Bishop repeatedly insist that the Young Woman do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Shout his name.
(c) Confess her sins.
(d) Cook for him.

13. How much money does Carmen say the whorehouse has earned?
(a) One hundred.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Three hundred.

14. How does Carmen feel after dressing up as the Virgin Mary for a bank clerk's fantasy?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Unsure.
(c) She feels spiritual pleasure.
(d) Depressed.

15. Why is Carmen thoughtful and sad?
(a) She is thinking about her daughter.
(b) She is in love with one of her visitors.
(c) She is worried about the rebels.
(d) She is in love with Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Bishop believe Irma asks him to leave?

2. What does the Executioner say about the rebels?

3. What is Armand doing as Roger comments on how foolish vanity is?

4. What will the rebels be occupying that evening?

5. Who is on his hands and knees in front of the Prisoner?

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