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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 action does Margot take in order to calm Robert down as he fumbles with his keys?
(a) She rubs his back.
(b) She hangs onto his arm.
(c) She fiddles with his earlobe.
(d) She tells him about her cat.

2. What action is Robert taking when Margot feels a "wave of" a particular emotion "wash over her" (91)?
(a) Rolling a condom onto his penis.
(b) Turning over onto his back.
(c) Rubbing Margot's back.
(d) Brushing his teeth.

3. What dialogue tag is used for Robert's question to Margot about her age?
(a) Murmured.
(b) Demanded.
(c) Whispered.
(d) Shouted.

4. What verb is used to describe what Robert does with his tongue during his first kiss with Margot?
(a) Pours.
(b) Shoves.
(c) Darts.
(d) Pushes.

5. What is Robert's first reaction when Margot asks him if he wants to "get out of here" (85)?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is disappointed.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is reluctant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many film classes has Margot taken in her life?

2. What word does Margot use to describe the series of actions into which Robert launches when he sees her about to cry?

3. How does Margot come to fall off of Robert's lap inside his car?

4. What comment of Margot's causes Robert to say that they will take it slow?

5. Margot sees humiliation as "a kind of perverse cousin to" (91) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action does Margot take that radically changes Robert's demeanor outside of the underground bar?

2. Of what knowledge does Margot feel sure as she tells Robert that he must consider her an idiot?

3. What are the reasons why Margot goes ahead with sex with Robert?

4. What are Margot's hypotheses about why Robert seems much more relaxed once they are the bar?

5. Conjuring what image causes Margot's revulsion to turn to "self-disgust and humiliation" (91)?

6. For what reason does Margot use generic language when she tells Robert what she wants to drink?

7. Describe the bar where Robert takes Margot after kissing her for the first time.

8. In what kinds of behaviors does Margot engage that appear to have a "palpable and immediate effect on him" (85)?

9. Margot feels that Robert's jokes about which aspect of her personality are unfair?

10. What two competing emotions does Margot feel when Robert kisses her for the first time?

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