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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 is Armand doing as Roger comments on how foolish vanity is?

2. Why do none of the girls think of Carmen as their real friend?

3. What does Irma say happens in every revolution?

4. What does Chantal want to do?

5. What is Carmen doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the huge explosion?

2. Describe the arrival of the Chief of Police.

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

4. How do those on the balcony appear?

5. What do the characters do when the Photographers arrive?

6. What does the Chief say about his and the others' power?

7. How does Roger feel about Chantal singing for the crowd?

8. What does Carmen say and do to convince the Bishop to play the role?

9. Why is it difficult to retain prostitutes?

10. How do the others react to Roger's castration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The clients of the whorehouse are known as visitors.

Part 1) Why might be the reason for them being called visitors? Who are the clients the reader meets?

Part 2) Why might the author have created the characters the way he did?

Part 3) What are their fantasies? Why do they have these fantasies?

Essay Topic 2

Roger is a surprising visitor at the whorehouse.

Part 1) Why is he there? What does he do to himself? Why might he have done this?

Part 2) How do the others react to his presence and his surprising actions?

Part 3) What are your reactions to reading what he has done? Compare your reactions to the other characters' reactions.

Part 4) Why is your reaction different or the same as the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

The Chief of Police is a significant character.

Part 1) Why is he significant? How is he significant?

Part 2) How does he resemble the visitors? Why does he have the Chief of Police resemble the other visitors?

Part 3) How does he appear foolish and a character in a satire? What is the purpose of this?

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