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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in the relationship between Laurent and Lexius?
(a) Gentleness.
(b) Role reversal.
(c) Eagerness.
(d) Anger.

2. What is Beauty's new dream as the ship anchors?
(a) To have sex with the sultan.
(b) To escape.
(c) To find love.
(d) To survive.

3. Who is Beauty attracted to?
(a) Laurent.
(b) The sultan.
(c) The king.
(d) Tristan.

4. What does Laurent do in an attempt to delay his punishment?
(a) He physically attacks the sultan.
(b) He keeps talking.
(c) He attacks Lexius.
(d) He hides.

5. Which of the following does Laurent regret?
(a) Leaving his mistress behind.
(b) Never being able to couple with the prince.
(c) Serving his mistress so warmly.
(d) Never being able to couple with Beauty.

6. What does Beauty notice about herself and the other slaves?
(a) The men are not as attracted to the master as the women.
(b) They are unusually enrapt in the master's speech.
(c) They are not even paying attention to the master.
(d) They are not as attracted to the master as she is attracted to him.

7. When Beauty is taken into a chamber after Lexius talks to the group, what happens?
(a) She has sex with the grooms.
(b) She is taught how to behave.
(c) She is cleaned.
(d) She is given books to read.

8. How does Beauty feel when she realizes she is looking at the Harem of Beautiful and Virtuous Royal Wives?
(a) Excited.
(b) Aroused.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Angry.

9. What submissive gesture do the slaves use when moving along the corridors?
(a) Hands up.
(b) Hands behind their backs.
(c) Knees bent.
(d) Heads down.

10. What is the name of the place Laurent is mounted as punishment?
(a) Torture Circle.
(b) Punishment Cross.
(c) Death Row.
(d) Danger Zone.

11. Who is Tristan in love with?
(a) The king.
(b) His master.
(c) Laurent.
(d) Beauty.

12. How does Laurent feel when he sees what his punishment is going to be?
(a) Arousal.
(b) Dread.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

13. What type of nation does the sultan seem to run?
(a) Patriarchal.
(b) Pure.
(c) Matriarchal.
(d) Purely homoerotic.

14. Beauty a favorite of __________.
(a) The king.
(b) The princess.
(c) The prince.
(d) The queen.

15. Where are the four slaves led?
(a) An attic.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) A garden.
(d) A chamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the master addresses the slaves, why are they shocked?

2. After his conversation about love with Beauty, what does Laurent conclude about his mistress?

3. What does Lexius apply to Beauty's body when she is clean?

4. Which of the following is an element of foreshadowing in the novel?

5. Why is Beauty sent to the village?

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