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

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

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

4. What does Simone do following her climax?
(a) Makes love.
(b) Takes a bath.
(c) Urinates on the eggs.
(d) Takes a shower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do with Simone?

2. How does the couple travel to Spain?

3. What does Simone compare to the smell of the anus?

4. How would the narrator start again with Marcelle?

5. From whom does Marcelle ask the narrator to protect her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcelle seem to fear most at the end of Chapter 7, and what does the narrator realize this fear relates to?

2. Why does the narrator claim the universe seems decent to some, and why they fear lewdness?

3. What are the three things that fascinate Simone about bullfights?

4. Describe the scene in the pigsty in Chapter 9, and explain its significance.

5. Describe what Simone begins enjoying doing with eggs at the beginning of Chapter 6.

6. Describe the sexual fantasy of Simone and the narrator about Marcelle in Chapter 6.

7. Explain the change in Simone following the death of Marcelle.

8. What does the narrator believe is the goal of his own lack of moral discipline?

9. What does the confusion between the cardinal and the narrator on the part of Marcelle seem to show?

10. Explain the author's comparison between his own life and the crow of a rooster.

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