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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. Beauty concludes that the most beautiful woman must be ____________.
(a) The sultana.
(b) The queen.
(c) The sultan's daughter.
(d) The princess.

2. How does Laurent feel when he is with his mistress?
(a) Unfulfilled.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

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

4. What does Beauty realize, in horror, that human are used as for the sultan?
(a) Pets.
(b) Sex slaves.
(c) Statues.
(d) Horses.

5. When Laurent served his last mistress, what would happen each morning?
(a) He would be whipped.
(b) He would bring her a mate.
(c) He would make her breakfast.
(d) He would be raped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurent shows the most interest in ________________.

2. What submissive gesture do the slaves use when moving along the corridors?

3. Which of the following is a theme in the relationship between Laurent and Lexius?

4. Which of the following is shown in the inspection of the slaves?

5. What happens to the male slaves after they enter the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first instance of humanization for the slaves?

2. What are the signs that the sex between Laurent and Lexius was consensual?

3. Describe the people on the ship with Laurent.

4. What type of life is Beauty used to?

5. How does Beauty show that she has not adjusted to royal life?

6. How does the examination of the slaves show the feeling of the slaves?

7. How does foreshadowing occur when the master addresses the slaves?

8. What does Laurent's insistence that Lexius be taken back to the queen tell the reader?

9. Why does Inanna dress as a man to release Beauty from her constraints?

10. What fate does the queen determine for Lexius when the ship lands at shore?

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