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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 happens when the narrator first tries to kiss Marcelle?
(a) She ignore him.
(b) She kisses him in return.
(c) She verbally refuses.
(d) She flinches.

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

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

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

5. What is Marcelle doing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Staring into space.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Kissing the narrator.
(d) Choking Simone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simone want to do with the testicles?

2. What stories does the narrator read aloud to Simone?

3. How does the couple get Marcelle's attention?

4. Who delivers the eggs to the room?

5. What does Simone do once Marcelle is free?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the author notes the change in Marcelle as he describes her actions when Simone and the narrator are freeing her from the sanitarium.

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

3. Explain the narrator's actions as the couple stops the first time on their journey home from the sanitarium in Chapter 5.

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

5. Explain why Simone and the narrator do not speak of eggs, or of any other portion of their unusual sexual relationship.

6. What happens to Marcelle in Chapter 8, and why?

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

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

9. Describe the narrator's thoughts about Marcelle as the couple rides home from the sanitarium in Chapter 5.

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

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