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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator admit is his fault?
(a) The state of the threesome's existence.
(b) Marcelle's death.
(c) Simone's death.
(d) A car accident.

3. What causes Simone to climax as she watches the eggs?
(a) One takes on water and breaks.
(b) One is floating.
(c) One is flushed.
(d) One is different colored.

4. How does Marcelle die?
(a) Simone shoots her.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She falls from a balcony.
(d) She shoots herself.

5. What does the couple fear will overtake Marcelle?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Despondency.
(c) Fear.
(d) Misery.

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

7. What does the narrator say about the time following Simone's accident?
(a) It was calm.
(b) It was boring.
(c) It was miserable.
(d) It was chaotic.

8. What does Simone do with the first bull testicle?
(a) She throws it.
(b) She eats it.
(c) She holds it in her hands.
(d) She places it in her vulva.

9. Who is supposed to dine with the trio following the bull fight?
(a) Lalanda.
(b) La Rosa.
(c) La Driesto.
(d) Granero.

10. What does Simone imagine the narrator doing to her breasts?
(a) Biting them.
(b) Arousing them with the barrel of a gun.
(c) Holding them.
(d) Kissing them.

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

12. What does the narrator admit he cares for in terms of sex?
(a) Gentle sex.
(b) Dirty sex.
(c) Pure sex.
(d) Pleasurable sex.

13. 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 is thrown from her bicycle.
(d) She falls into a river.

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

15. What does the narrator think when he first reaches Simone?
(a) That she is asleep.
(b) That she has a broken ankle.
(c) That she is tired.
(d) That she is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the narrator unsatisfied with "usual debauchery"?

3. Who delivers the eggs to the room?

4. What happens when the narrator first tries to kiss Marcelle?

5. How is Granero.killed?

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