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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. What is Armand doing as Roger comments on how foolish vanity is?
(a) Cleaning his rifle for the next uprising.
(b) Talking to Chantal.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Admiring his appearance in the mirror.

2. What role does the Girl play with the General?
(a) She is his horse.
(b) She is a rifle.
(c) She is a military cadet.
(d) She is his slave.

3. What does the Executioner say about the rebels?
(a) They are retreating.
(b) They are cowards.
(c) They have advanced.
(d) They are in the right.

4. What does Irma feel for Carmen?
(a) Lust.
(b) A kind of tenderness.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Hatred.

5. What type of reputation does The Balcony have?
(a) A worldwide reputation of excellence.
(b) A poor reputation.
(c) A mediocre reputation.
(d) A local reputation for providing for fantasies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Carmen feel real beauty?

2. How does the Chief of Police change the subject?

3. What does Irma refuse to tell Arthur?

4. What is Arthur to pose as in a session that night?

5. What does Irma say happens in every revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the characters' reactions after they leave the balcony?

2. What is Irma wearing for the Chief of Police?

3. What does the Queen say about the state of the country?

4. What happens to Chantal?

5. What is the only thing Chantal wants to do?

6. What are the Central Committee's instructions?

7. What does the Bishop do when he sees his reflection in the mirror?

8. Why is it difficult to retain prostitutes?

9. How does the Bishop lose control?

10. How does Roger feel about the rebellion?

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