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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator compare his father to?
(a) A police officer.
(b) An angry god.
(c) A senile Catholic general.
(d) A cardinal.

2. What does Marcelle do when she sees the couple?
(a) Pretends she doesn't see them.
(b) Blushes.
(c) Smiles and waves.
(d) Walks away.

3. What does the narrator do shortly upon entering?
(a) Stumbles on a body.
(b) Runs into Simone.
(c) Shoots at a shadow.
(d) Removes his pants.

4. What does the narrator contemplate doing in Chapter 3?
(a) Killing his parents.
(b) Raping Simone.
(c) Committing suicide.
(d) Killing Simone.

5. Who does Simone state she will only "do it" with?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Sir Edmond.
(c) Marcelle.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. What heightens the couple's sexuality at the end of Chapter 1?

2. Who was the woman the narrator saw come out of the building?

3. What causes the couple to be alarmed as they lay together on a cliff after sexual play?

4. What does Marcelle ask to do following the bet?

5. What does Simone bet she can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Marcelle after the orgy? How does the couple discover what has happened to Marcelle? What do they think of doing to help her?

2. Explain what Simone does with the saucer of milk in the first chapter.

3. Describe the first meeting in Chapter 3 between Simone and the narrator following the orgy.

4. Explain how the orgy in Chapter 2 takes place.

5. What is Simone wearing when the narrator and she first have a sexual experience at the villa?

6. Explain why, despite being modest, Simone and the narrator have the relationship they have?

7. In Chapter 3, the narrator contemplates suicide. Explain why, and what happens to change his mind.

8. Explain the mother's second encounter with the couple in their actions, and her reaction as well as the reaction of the couple.

9. What happens when the narrator finds Simone, and what is the accidental result that rises Marcelle from her room?

10. How does the narrator equate sex and violence?

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