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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roberto state about the situation in question #126.
(a) That it was not true.
(b) That it was a patriotic thing the doctors did.
(c) That the doctors were forced into the situation.
(d) That it had been investigated by the medical association.

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

3. What is Gerardo trying to get Paulina to tell him?
(a) Why they must kill Roberto.
(b) Something she had started to tell him years before.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That she wants to divorce him.

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

5. What does Paulina say about the relationship between some doctors and the secret police?
(a) That the doctors and the police were on different sides of the political situation.
(b) That the doctors pretended to help the police, but were spying for the rebels.
(c) That the police used the doctors in their torture sessions.
(d) That the police believe doctors could not be trusted.

6. How many lines does Paulina speak in this scene?
(a) One.
(b) About ten.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

8. What does Paulina say about the way Roberto takes his coffee?
(a) He takes it black.
(b) He doesn't like coffee.
(c) He likes it with sugar.
(d) He only drinks coffee after a torture session.

9. What does Paulina say to reassure Gerardo.
(a) That what happens here will never be made public, that he has nothing to worry about.
(b) That she will kill Roberto and no one will ever know.
(c) That the commission will be happy about their finding Roberto.
(d) That she knows how far she can go.

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

11. What song begins to play when Paulina tells her story?
(a) Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
(b) Schubert's Death and the Maiden.
(c) The Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
(d) Chicago's McArthur Park.

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

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

14. What are some of the things Paulina mentions that she endured during torture?
(a) Eating raw pork.
(b) Electrocutions, rapes, near-drowning in feces.
(c) Water-boarding.
(d) Handcuffed to a brick wall off the floor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerardo ask of Paulina as she is talking about the above phrase?

2. Who enters as Paulina is paying for the candy?

3. What does Roberto say about Gerardo's ability to protect Paulina?

4. What song begins to play?

5. What does Gerardo say he is in favor of now?

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