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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Under the Sun of Seville; Chapter 12, Simone's Confession and Sir Edmund's Mass; Chapter 13, The Legs of the Fly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Simone and the narrator fantasize about Marcelle and eggs?
(a) That they lay her on a bed of eggs and make love.
(b) That they feed her eggs while she is laying down.
(c) That they lay her in a tub of eggs and she urinates.
(d) That they feed her eggs while she is in the bath.

2. What does the couple do throughout the evening that is unusual for them?
(a) Stay awake.
(b) Embrace.
(c) Sleep separately.
(d) Make love.

3. Why does Marcelle think she saw a cardinal of the guillotine outside the wardrobe?
(a) She was insane.
(b) The narrator was wearing a red cap and was smeared with blood.
(c) One of the other guests was wearing a red cap and was smeared with blood.
(d) Simone was wearing a red cap and was smeared with blood.

4. What does the narrator threaten in a note to his mother?
(a) Disclosure of family secrets.
(b) To turn his brother in.
(c) Suicide.
(d) To run away.

5. How many other girls attend the event?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Marcelle ask the narrator to protect her?

2. What does Simone compare to the smell of the anus?

3. What does the narrator believe will happen if he and Simone die?

4. Where does the couple go at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does the narrator say is the outcome of his erection?

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