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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. Why is the narrator unsatisfied with "usual debauchery"?
(a) Because to him, usual debauchery is unambitious.
(b) Because to him, usual debauchery is not severe enough.
(c) Because he is vain.
(d) It is boring.

2. What does the author note is the true meaning of terror?
(a) That it expresses a violent desire.
(b) That it expresses inner sorrow.
(c) That it expresses a deep seeded aversion.
(d) That it expresses inner anger.

3. What does the narrator admit is his fault?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Marcelle's death.
(c) The state of the threesome's existence.
(d) Simone's death.

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

5. What does Simone do following her violent spasms?
(a) Cuddles with Sir Edmond.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Cuddles with the narrator.
(d) Stares into space.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Simone do with the second bull testicle?

3. What does Sir Edmond do with the blond mannequin?

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

5. What causes Simone to climax as she watches the eggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the death of Granero occurs, and the result of his death in terms of his eye.

2. Why does the narrator claim he does not care for "normal" pleasures, and why even dirty pleasures have become unsatisfying?

3. What tradition does Sir Edmond tell Simone of, and what is her response?

4. Discuss Simone's episode with the raw bull testicle. Include what happens when she first receives it, and the end result.

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

6. Based on the narrator's claims at the end of Chapter 6, what does the episode with eggs indicate about the future of the characters?

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

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

9. In Chapter 6, the author purposefully italicizes the words "wide eyes" and "white eggs". What is the significance of this?

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

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