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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. How does Simone change after Marcelle's death?
(a) She becomes distant and bored with life.
(b) She becomes less sexual.
(c) She becomes more playful.
(d) She becomes more depressed.

2. What is noted about Granero's body at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) His chest is exposed.
(b) His right eye is hanging out.
(c) His penis is erect.
(d) His head has been removed.

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

4. What stories does the narrator read aloud to Simone?
(a) Stories of wealth.
(b) Love stories.
(c) Stories of disease.
(d) Stories of crime and violence.

5. What does the narrator do for Simone during their first stop?
(a) Rubs her muscles.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Carries her.
(d) Causes her to orgasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the first bull of the fight?

2. What happens to Simone toward the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does Marcelle say to the narrator that first indicates she is mentally unwell?

4. What does Simone do following her violent spasms?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain how Simone and the narrator travel to Spain undetected.

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

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

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

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

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

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