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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 does the couple discuss concerning eggs at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Their beauty.
(b) Their sexual powers.
(c) Nothing, as they never speak of their obsessions.
(d) Their similarity to eyes.

2. What is the priest forced to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Make love to Sir Edmond.
(b) Make love to Simone.
(c) Eat the wafers.
(d) Urinate in the chalice.

3. Why does the narrator claim others see the world as decent?
(a) Because decent people are stupid.
(b) Because decency can't see indecency.
(c) Because decent people have gilded eyes.
(d) Because decent people don't pay attention.

4. What does the author note is the true meaning of terror?
(a) That it expresses a violent desire.
(b) That it expresses inner anger.
(c) That it expresses a deep seeded aversion.
(d) That it expresses inner sorrow.

5. What is noted about Granero's body at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) His penis is erect.
(b) His right eye is hanging out.
(c) His head has been removed.
(d) His chest is exposed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the couple forced to do to leave the area?

2. What does Sir Edmond tell Simone is a vile tradition of bullfighting?

3. What does Simone do while Granero is being killed?

4. What does the narrator threaten in a note to his mother?

5. What does Simone do as she talks to the priest?

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