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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paulina want of Gerardo?
(a) Him to assure her of his love.
(b) Him to kill Roberto.
(c) His to leave immediately.
(d) Him to stay with her.

2. When Paulina returns to the living room, what does she do?
(a) Says another line from her time of torture and runs her hands all over Roberto.
(b) Gives Roberto more water.
(c) Ask Roberto to forgive her.
(d) Pistol whips Roberto for trying to escape.

3. What does Paulina asks Gerardo to do?
(a) To leave the house until Paulina is through with Roberto.
(b) To rough Roberto up to scare him.
(c) To convince Roberto that Paulina will kill him if he doesn't confess.
(d) To help her dispose of the body if she has to kill Roberto.

4. What was one thing that revolted Gerardo under the military regime?
(a) The nationalization of the banks.
(b) The many executions.
(c) False evidence against innocent people.
(d) That they dismissed the junta.

5. Where does Roberto say he has to go?
(a) To the bathroom.
(b) To his office to get his papers for accuracy.
(c) To pick his wife and children up at the airport.
(d) To work.

6. How much time has elapsed since the last scene?
(a) Ten years.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Several months.

7. What alternative does Paulina offer Gerardo instead of his involvement?
(a) No alternative.
(b) That he can call the police and have her arrested.
(c) That he can leave and never come back.
(d) That he can sit in the bedroom and listen.

8. When is Paulina kidnapped?
(a) April, 1966.
(b) April, 1975.
(c) June, 1979.
(d) January, 1974.

9. What did the woman with whom Gerardo had an affair claim?
(a) That she was with the secret police.
(b) That she was better for him than Paulina.
(c) That she had also been tortured.
(d) That she could help him find Paulina.

10. What does Gerardo ask of Paulina as she is talking about the above phrase?
(a) To leave so he can continue to talk with Roberto.
(b) To go check out the meaning of the phrase on the internet.
(c) To stop being irrelevant to the task at hand.
(d) To not be so vulgar.

11. Where is Roberto at the opening of this scene?
(a) Still tied up in the living room.
(b) They have let him go.
(c) Dead; his body is in the car trunk.
(d) Back in the bedroom sleeping.

12. Where is Paulina looking when the stage goes dark?
(a) At Gerardo.
(b) At Roberto.
(c) In a mirror.
(d) At her hands.

13. What does Paulina remind Gerardo about her torturers?
(a) That they were animals.
(b) That they did offer her food and water.
(c) That they had not been caught.
(d) That they repeatedly raped her.

14. What technique does Roberto think Paulina and Gerardo are using?
(a) Sleep deprivation.
(b) Guilt induced confession.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) Good cop, bad cop.

15. What has Paulina not shared with Gerardo in the past?
(a) That she was fairly sure she knew who Dr. Miranda is.
(b) Very much about her experiences while being tortured.
(c) That she is estranged from her parents.
(d) The fact that she had been a medical student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerardo going to tell Paulina about Roberto?

2. What composer does Paulina want to listen to with Gerardo?

3. As Paulina persists in questioning Gerardo about the affair, how does he respond.

4. What does Paulina confess she has faked during their marriage?

5. What does Paulina want Gerardo to do on the Investigating Committee?

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