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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 does the master say that the sultan requires?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Sensuality.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Obedience.

2. What is obvious about the master?
(a) He is demanding.
(b) He is a scoundrel.
(c) He does not like the sultan.
(d) He is very sensual.

3. Besides Beauty, which other slaves are taken behind Laurent?
(a) Tristan and Rosalynd.
(b) Elena and Rosalynd.
(c) Tristan and Elena.
(d) Rosalynd and an unnamed man.

4. 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 given books to read.
(d) She is cleaned.

5. Which of the following tone changes are consistent with the occurrences in "The Watcher"?
(a) Happiness to hostility.
(b) Desolation to eeriness.
(c) Desperation to eagerness.
(d) Desolation to joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the master inspects Beauty, what does he slap?

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

3. What did Tristan become?

4. Which character was punished for speaking up by being bound, gagged, and suspended from the ceiling?

5. Where are the new sex slaves led where they are forced to kneel on cushions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the example of irony present in "The First Test of Obedience"?

2. How does the examination the slaves undergo show dehumanization and degradation?

3. What happens when the ship anchors?

4. Why is Tristan reluctant to be rescued?

5. How is Beauty's intellect shown for the first time?

6. Describe the types of love that Laurent considers.

7. Why do you think Beauty is placed on the ship?

8. Why does Tristan first feel that Laurent is disturbing the order of the sultanate?

9. What is a result of the master's gentleness with the slaves?

10. How does Laurent try to escape punishment, and what result does it have?

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