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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. Margot sees humiliation as "a kind of perverse cousin to" (91) what?
(a) Strength.
(b) Pity.
(c) Arousal.
(d) Confidence.

2. What emotion does Margot feel as she tells Robert that she likes his house?
(a) Pride.
(b) Relief.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Apprehension.

3. Arguing with Margot about her age, Robert insists that she had undertaken what?
(a) A teaching assistantship.
(b) A resident advisor position.
(c) A scholarship.
(d) A gap year.

4. What adjective is used to describe Robert's following of Margot on their way out of the bar?
(a) Subservient.
(b) Cowed.
(c) Obedient.
(d) Pleased.

5. What is NOT an action Robert takes as part of his protective reaction to Margot's tears?
(a) All of the tension drains out of his body.
(b) He stands up straight.
(c) He wraps his arms around her.
(d) He gives her a piggy back ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Margot tries "to bludgeon her resistance into submission" (88) by taking what action?

2. What dialogue tag is used for Robert's question to Margot about her age?

3. When Margot enters Robert's house, she sees a collection made up of what types of games?

4. Margot reflects upon the fact that Robert shows more what than any of her previous lovers have?

5. Robert's house is said to be fairly close to what other location?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does one particular action of Margot's cause a marked change in Robert's mood?

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

6. What element of sex does Margot realize she loves most?

7. How does the theme of deception enter the narrative?

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

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

10. What is the source of Margot's reaction to Robert's question about her virginity?

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