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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Simone's favorite part of a bullfight?
(a) When the mare drops her bladder.
(b) When the crowd cheers.
(c) When the bull is caged.
(d) When the bullfighter is released.

2. What does Simone compare to an egg?
(a) The rear.
(b) The eye.
(c) The hand.
(d) A ball.

3. Who kills the first bull of the fight?
(a) Granero.
(b) La Rosa.
(c) Lalanda.
(d) La Driesto.

4. What does Simone want to do with the testicles?
(a) Eat them.
(b) Sit in the dish of them.
(c) Hold them in her hands.
(d) Throw them.

5. What happens to Simone toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) She is hit by a car.
(b) She is hit by a train.
(c) She falls into a river.
(d) She is thrown from her bicycle.

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

7. What does Simone propose she will do with the eggs?
(a) Swallow them whole.
(b) Eat them.
(c) Defecate on them.
(d) Throw them.

8. What stories does the narrator read aloud to Simone?
(a) Love stories.
(b) Stories of crime and violence.
(c) Stories of wealth.
(d) Stories of disease.

9. What do the narrator and Simone do next to the corpse?
(a) Make love.
(b) Defecate.
(c) Sob.
(d) Hold one another.

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

11. What does Simone do to the body of Marcelle?
(a) Urinates on it.
(b) Defecates on it.
(c) Cuts it.
(d) Vomits on it.

12. What does the narrator do when the mother enters the bedroom?
(a) Stands up.
(b) Steps into the bathroom.
(c) Steps outside.
(d) Sits in his chair.

13. What does Simone do while Granero is being killed?
(a) Screams.
(b) Cowers.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Orgasms.

14. What feeling does the narrator equate with the moment all three are as calm as death?
(a) Pity.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Misery.

15. How does the couple travel to Spain?
(a) They steal a boat.
(b) They bribe a captain for a ride.
(c) They walk.
(d) They hide on a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator admit is his fault?

2. What does the narrator note Marcelle has become?

3. What causes Simone to climax as she watches the eggs?

4. What does Simone ask Sir Edmond to do for her?

5. Who is supposed to dine with the trio following the bull fight?

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