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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do with Simone?
(a) Has sex with her.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Wraps her wounds with a stocking.
(d) Carries her home.

3. What does the narrator call "Astral sperm and heavenly urine"?
(a) The milky way.
(b) The rise of the moon.
(c) The sunset.
(d) The universe.

4. What does the narrator compare the peeled bull testicles to?
(a) A hard boiled egg.
(b) The globe of an eye.
(c) A human testicle.
(d) The white of a cloud in the sky.

5. What does the narrator note Marcelle has become?
(a) A prisoner within her own mind.
(b) A mental case.
(c) A recluse.
(d) A physical representation of his and Simone's emotions.

6. Why does the couple stop their trip home the first time?
(a) Simone is shivering.
(b) The narrator is tired.
(c) They see an animal.
(d) They see an accident.

7. What does Simone ask Sir Edmond to do for her?
(a) Bring her the raw ears of a bull.
(b) Bring her the raw testicles of a bull.
(c) Bring her the raw tongue of a bull.
(d) Bring her the raw eyes of a bull.

8. What does the narrator admit he kept from the bullfight on May 7th?
(a) A horn.
(b) A fan.
(c) His ticket.
(d) The bull testicle.

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

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

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

12. What does the narrator believe will happen if he and Simone die?
(a) Their imaginary world will fill with stars.
(b) They will be mourned.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They will not be mourned.

13. From whom does Marcelle ask the narrator to protect her?
(a) Edmond.
(b) The cardinal.
(c) Simone.
(d) Her parents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is noted about Granero's body at the end of Chapter 11?

2. What happens to Simone toward the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does the couple plan to do concerning Marcelle?

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

5. How does Simone change after Marcelle's death?

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