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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 is different about the setting in Maria's second encounter with her surprise guest in Chapter 23?

2. How does Maria react to Ralf's distracting attempts?

3. How much money does Maria take out of her bank account?

4. How does Maria feel with her special client?

5. Where do Maria and her surprise guest in Chapter 23 go their second time together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Ralf show's Maria when they wake the morning after her experience with the stones.

2. Describe how Terence finds pleasure.

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

4. Why does Maria hesitate about going to the exhibition with Ralf?

5. Describe what the Violet Rod is.

6. What does Ralf force Maria to do in relation to pleasure in pain?

7. How do Maria and Ralf entice each other after Maria's first time with Terence?

8. How does Ralf react to Maria discussing her experience with Terence of pleasure in pain?

9. Describe Maria and Ralf's third encounter at the hotel.

10. How do Maria and Ralf connect in their first time when he is her customer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Maria's mentality of what a woman's role is with that of the mentality of most women living in the twenty-first century.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Maria's life to that of the life of a roller coaster. Why is this a good metaphor for Coelho to have used in support of his comparisons?

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