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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Why does Gerardo leave Roberto at the end of the scene?
(a) To go get some electric shock paddles to force a confession.
(b) To go to work.
(c) To go get some sleep.
(d) To tell Paulina that Roberto needs to use the restroom again.

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

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

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

9. What does Paulina say when Gerardo asks if she intends to kill Roberto?
(a) She has not decided yet.
(b) Of course, after Roberto confesses.
(c) Not unless Roberto tries to escape.
(d) They didn't kill her, so that wouldn't be fair.

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

11. How many times does Gerardo say he and the woman had sex?
(a) One.
(b) They did not have sex.
(c) Five.
(d) Too numerous to count.

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

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

14. What will Paulina do if Roberto gives her a signed confession?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Insist on therapy.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Have him arrested.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the music ends, what do Gerardo and Paulina do?

2. What does Paulina intend to do once Roberto begins talking?

3. What does Gerardo say Paulina will do if Roberto does not confess?

4. To what does Roberto admit?

5. What does Roberto state about Paulina?

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