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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How has Gerardo thought of Paulina's emotional state over the years?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Joyous.
(c) In denial.
(d) Nervous.
2. What composer does Dr. Miranda play while talking with Paulina in captivity?
(a) Beatles.
(b) Schubert.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mahler.
3. Who does Paulina meet after three days of captivity?
(a) Dr. Miranda.
(b) The head of the Secret Police.
(c) Gerardo.
(d) Roberto.
4. To what does Roberto admit?
(a) Being afraid.
(b) Using electrical paddles to shock political prisoners.
(c) Raping Paulina.
(d) Nothing.
5. What does Paulina do when Gerardo looks at her as the song commences?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Crys.
(c) Turns to Gerardo and smiles.
(d) Looks over at Roberto and gives him an obscene sign.
6. What is Gerardo going to tell Paulina about Roberto?
(a) That he doesn't want to cooperate.
(b) That Gerardo is certain that Roberto is Dr. Miranda.
(c) That he is having a heart attack from fear.
(d) That he is actually an undercover agent for Gerardo's commission.
7. What does Gerardo say Paulina will do if Roberto does not confess?
(a) Cut out his tongue.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Take him to the police.
(d) Have Gerardo work him over with a billy club.
8. 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.
9. What does Paulina asks Gerardo to do?
(a) To help her dispose of the body if she has to kill 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 leave the house until Paulina is through with Roberto.
10. What does Paulina say about the way Roberto takes his coffee?
(a) He only drinks coffee after a torture session.
(b) He likes it with sugar.
(c) He takes it black.
(d) He doesn't like coffee.
11. What is Gerardo trying to get Paulina to tell him?
(a) Why they must kill Roberto.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) Something she had started to tell him years before.
(d) That she wants to divorce him.
12. 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) He says he wants a divorce.
(c) He says he will find the woman and let Paulina talk to her.
(d) Asks her why they torture each other in this way and does she want him to leave.
13. What sounds are heard?
(a) It is absolutely silent.
(b) The telephone is ringing.
(c) Music as well as general audience noise.
(d) Dogs barking.
14. What happens to Roberto after he is tied up at Paulina and Gerardo's home?
(a) His fate is not mentioned.
(b) He is beaten badly and left on the steps of the hospital.
(c) The couple kills him.
(d) The couple forgives him and they eventually become friends.
15. What happens when Gerardo turns on the tape recorder?
(a) He prompts Paulina to tell her story.
(b) He goes in and forces Roberto to speak into the microphone.
(c) They can't find the recorder.
(d) The tape breaks.
Short Answer Questions
1. At first, what is the primary reason for the doctor's presence during torture?
2. What does Paulina confess she has faked during their marriage?
3. How much time has elapsed since the last scene?
4. What is Paulina's relationship with her parents like?
5. What does Gerardo imply that Roberto has done?
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