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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Roberto's situation?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is still tied, but his hands are now in front of him.
(c) He is unconscious.
(d) He has convinced Paulina of his innocence and is free.

2. What seems to happen to Gerardo in this scene?
(a) He has a complete nervous breakdown.
(b) He becomes certain his wife is insane and wants to commit her to an asylum.
(c) He gains his power.
(d) He starts really feeling sorry for Roberto.

3. As Paulina persists in questioning Gerardo about the affair, how does he respond.
(a) He says if she brings it up once more, he will shoot her instead of Roberto.
(b) Asks her why they torture each other in this way and does she want him to leave.
(c) He says he will find the woman and let Paulina talk to her.
(d) He says he wants a divorce.

4. What does Paulina do when she walks away from Gerardo?
(a) Meets up surriptitiously with her lover.
(b) Goes and buys some candy.
(c) Goes to hail a cab.
(d) Goes to the ladies room.

5. Who does Gerardo thank?
(a) Paulina.
(b) Spectators who are off-stage.
(c) His mother.
(d) No one.

6. What is uncertain about the arrival of Roberto?
(a) He was in prison, so he must have escaped.
(b) Roberto has a twin brother and it may be the twin and not Roberto.
(c) Whether he is actually there or if Paulina is imaging it.
(d) He has dyed his hair and had a nose job, so it's not certain if that is really Roberto.

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

8. What does Paulina intend to do once Roberto begins talking?
(a) Call the police to hear him.
(b) Record his words.
(c) Tortue him if he lies.
(d) Duct tape his mouth closed.

9. What does Paulina confess she has faked during their marriage?
(a) Orgasms.
(b) Her sanity.
(c) The fact that she was tortured.
(d) Her real name.

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

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

12. What announces the resumption of the concert?
(a) A voice over the loud speaker.
(b) A bell.
(c) The dimming of the lights.
(d) Nothing.

13. What is the main thing Paulina wants from Roberto?
(a) An explanation as to why he hurt her.
(b) His written and signed confession in her hand.
(c) A guarantee that he won't go to the police.
(d) An apology.

14. What does she talk about doing to Roberto?
(a) Blinding him.
(b) Making him a eunuch.
(c) Dumping him in a bathtub full of scalding water.
(d) Raping him.

15. Besides his voice, how else does Paulina know Roberta was one of her torturers?
(a) The way he says certain words with a foreign accent.
(b) The feel of his skin and his smell.
(c) The way he blinks his eyes constantly.
(d) The way he sniffs his nose constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has elapsed since the last scene?

2. Who does Paulina meet after three days of captivity?

3. Why is Gerardo being congratulated?

4. At first, what is the primary reason for the doctor's presence during torture?

5. About what phrase does Paulina talk?

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