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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. What do Virga and Allan plan to do?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Murder their spouses.
(c) Run away together.
(d) End the affair by breaking up with each other.

2. Who does Framton Nuttle call on?
(a) Ben Drake.
(b) Mr. Sappleton.
(c) Jack Potter.
(d) Mrs. Sappleton.

3. What sin did the father think he committed as a child in "Innocence"?
(a) Rape.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Apostasy.
(d) Murder.

4. How does Pepe die?
(a) He is starved.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is drowned.

5. What kind of future does the young woman foresee at the end of "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment"?
(a) A future filled with love.
(b) A future filled with children.
(c) A spinsterhood future.
(d) A successful future, professionally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Speed call a derogatory name?

2. Where is Pearl tagged out?

3. What does William's wife in "Marriage A La Mode" do with the item he sends her?

4. Who calls the police on Mr. Speed?

5. Who does Laura owe her position to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William's character contrast from that of his wife's in "Marriage A La Mode"?

2. What is Pepe's physical state right before he is killed?

3. What does Laura betray in "Flowering Judas" and how?

4. How does Daniel push May away?

5. What question does "The Use of Force" ask?

6. How does Elizabeth realize she used her power in the wrong way in "A Spinster's Tale"?

7. How does the woman in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment" use adultery, and what is the result?

8. Briefly describe the Freudian theme in "My Oedipal Complex."

9. Why is the doctor in "The Use of Force" adamant about seeing the little girl's throat?

10. How does Braggioni betray his wife and comrades?

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