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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. What does the narrator dare Simone to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Have sex with him.
(b) Go outside nude.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Sit in the saucer.

2. Where does Marcelle go to be alone?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) A wardrobe.
(d) The garden.

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

4. What does the narrator suggest he is going to do to the woman when he catches her?
(a) Turn her over to police.
(b) Kidnap her.
(c) Rape her.
(d) Kill her.

5. What happens to end the meeting between Marcelle and the couple?
(a) Simone runs away.
(b) Marcelle jumps from the window.
(c) Marcelle faints.
(d) Simone pulls Marcelle back inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smells linger in the room?

2. What does Simone smear herself with at the end of Chapter 1?

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

4. What does the narrator do shortly upon entering?

5. How does the narrator access the inside of the building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simone develop an urge to do with eggs at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What contrasting image does the author give between Simone and Marcelle at the end of Chapter 4? What else could this comparison represent?

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

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

5. What does the narrator explain causes his and Simone's sexual dream to turn in to a nightmare?

6. How does the narrator explain Marcelle's features as she gazes at the ocean?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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