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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 two adjectives does Margot use to mentally describe Robert's kisses?
(a) Nice and pleasant.
(b) Warm and inviting.
(c) Gross and sweeping.
(d) Sloppy and huge.

2. When Robert asks Margot what she wants to do after sex, she imagines herself telling him what?
(a) That they should probably kill themselves.
(b) That they should go to a movie.
(c) That they should probably never see each other again.
(d) That they should get some food together.

3. What does Margot notice about the posters on Robert's walls?
(a) They are framed.
(b) They focus on pop artists.
(c) They focus on grunge bands.
(d) They are vintage.

4. What physical reaction does Margot have when Robert is kissing and touching her?
(a) She begins to have trouble breathing.
(b) She begins to sweat.
(c) She begins to tremble.
(d) She closes her eyes tightly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second pet name Robert uses for Margot?

3. What adjective does Margot use to describe the feeling of being rejected from the bar?

4. Not long before Robert kisses Margot for the first time on the lips, he had kissed her where?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What marked difference does Margot see between the experience with Robert and her previous sexual experiences?

3. What is it about Robert's house that seems safe to Margot?

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

5. Describe the first kiss between Margot and Robert.

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

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

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

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

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

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