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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paulina feel when she hears Death and the Maiden at a friend's house?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Sick.
(c) Angry.
(d) Introspective.

2. What is hidden in the drawer?
(a) A pocketknife.
(b) A ledger book.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) A gun.

3. Who will preside over the trials?
(a) Judges, who were also presiding over courts during the dictatorship.
(b) A people's rights group.
(c) A trial judge from the United States.
(d) Three lawyers who are coming out of exile.

4. Where is Paulina at the beginning of this scene?
(a) Sleeping in the bed with Gerardo.
(b) It is not known where she is.
(c) She hasn't returned from driving off.
(d) Sitting in front of Roberto.

5. Where is Paulina's mother going?
(a) To the opera.
(b) To Buenos Aires.
(c) To Canada.
(d) Traveling South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?

2. What is Gerardo yelling through the bedroom door?

3. Who was Paulina's friend at the University?

4. What does Paulina stuff in Roberto's mouth.

5. To what has Gerardo just been appointed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the commission the government is forming?

2. What does Paulina say about Schubert to Roberto?

3. What does Gerardo first do when he gets home?

4. What does Gerardo say Paulina remembers about her torture and how does Roberto respond?

5. What does Roberto tell Gerardo about his stopping at their house?

6. What do Gerardo and Paulina do when Schubert's Death and the Maiden begins?

7. What does Gerardo do when Roberto says Gerardo didn't protect his wife from rape?

8. What does Paulina get when she comes on the stage in Scene 3?

9. What does Roberto say about Paulina's accusations?

10. What does Roberto finally say is his real purpose for stopping?

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