Death and the Maiden Test | Final Test - Easy

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Death and the Maiden Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer does Dr. Miranda play while talking with Paulina in captivity?
(a) Beatles.
(b) Mahler.
(c) Bach.
(d) Schubert.

2. Who does Paulina mention that upsets Roberto?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

3. What is Gerardo going to tell Paulina about Roberto?
(a) That he is actually an undercover agent for Gerardo's commission.
(b) That he doesn't want to cooperate.
(c) That he is having a heart attack from fear.
(d) That Gerardo is certain that Roberto is Dr. Miranda.

4. What is one possible symbolic meaning to this last scene?
(a) That Roberto will always be at least figuratively hanging over Paulina and Gerardo's shoulders.
(b) That the past is in the past and can no longer bother you in the present.
(c) That if you can't kill someone, you should not tie them up and threaten them.
(d) That God is the Judge of all people.

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

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

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

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

9. How does Paulina want to honor Gerardo's caring of her?
(a) Take him on a long cruise.
(b) Let him go back and have an affair with the other woman.
(c) Adopt a child and care for him in the same way.
(d) Buy him a year's worth of sessions with a massage therapist.

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

11. What does Paulina mention using to rape Roberto, implying that he had done the same to her.
(a) A stick.
(b) A police baton.
(c) A broom handle.
(d) A flashlight.

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

13. When the music ends, what do Gerardo and Paulina do?
(a) He applauds; she does not.
(b) He kisses the lead actress and she gives the actress a rose.
(c) They are not in the audience.
(d) They throws confetti onto the stage.

14. What reason does Gerardo give in pleading with Roberto to indulge Paulina?
(a) That she is one of many who feel they need vengeance for past wrongs.
(b) That she will forgive Roberto if he just confesses.
(c) That she is mentally unstable.
(d) That she is no longer certain about Roberto's identity.

15. What composer does Paulina want to listen to with Gerardo?
(a) Ravel.
(b) Bach.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Wagner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roberto asks what of Gerardo?

2. What does Paulina asks Gerardo to do?

3. What is Gerardo trying to get Paulina to tell him?

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

5. How many times does Gerardo say he and the woman had sex?

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