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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria do when she waits for her departure?

2. How does Maria react to her surprise customer in Chapter 16?

3. What does Maria's first special client like?

4. What does Maria fear that she has to push from entering her head after meeting her special client for the first time?

5. What is the excuse Maria's surprise guest gets to have for going to Geneva so frequently?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Terence's personal life in relation to his trips to Geneva.

2. Describe the scene that Maria witnesses between her 2 coworkers.

3. How is Maria's life very lucrative by her first experience with Ralf?

4. Describe how Terence humiliates Maria in their second time together.

5. What does Ralf begin to represent for Maria after their first connection?

6. How does Milan react to the coworker's situation that Maria witnesses?

7. How does Maria feel about going home after she tells Milan she is quitting?

8. How does Maria feel about her home and Geneva after her first experience with Ralf?

9. Describe Maria's feelings about leaving Geneva after she buys her ticket home.

10. How does Milan react to Maria spending an evening with Ralf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Maria's pleasure in pain experiences with Terence and Ralf. Why do they differ so greatly?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what Ralf represents to Maria and what Maria represents to Ralf.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of Maria's diary entry about the caged bird in relationship to Maria's own state of being.

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