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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Madame Scholtz accuse Herman of stealing?
(a) 100,000 ducats.
(b) 10,000 ducats.
(c) 250,000 ducats.
(d) 50,000 ducats.

2. Who is the only man to "discharge" on the morning of the "First Day"?
(a) Durcet.
(b) Curval.
(c) Duc.
(d) Bishop.

3. What is the most imposing mine in all of Sweden?
(a) Tarpeg mine.
(b) Sandvik mine.
(c) Aitak mine.
(d) Kiruna mine.

4. What is the age range of the young men who were gathered to be at the "society's" first dinner party"?
(a) 18-28.
(b) 15-25.
(c) 25-35.
(d) 20-30.

5. On what day is the "First Day"?
(a) May 1.
(b) December 1.
(c) November 1.
(d) January 1.

6. What does Ernestine tell Herman to do on the night of Madame Scholtz's ball?
(a) Challenge Oxtiern to a duel.
(b) Run away so as not to be killed.
(c) Hide her.
(d) Tell her father they were to marry the next day.

7. According to Ernestine, what will she never be able to do again?
(a) Love.
(b) Drink.
(c) Eat.
(d) Rest.

8. The passions are referred to in Part Four as ___________.
(a) Criminal.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Complex.
(d) Murderous.

9. According to Part Three of "The 120 Days of Sodom," what month is it?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) January.

10. What does Oxtiern say that he and Herman need to do before they duel?
(a) Tell the Colonel about the duel.
(b) Have dinner.
(c) Have breakfast.
(d) Tell Ernestine about the duel.

11. What is cut off in Tale 46 in Part Three?
(a) Someone's finger.
(b) Someone's hair.
(c) Someone's toe.
(d) Someone's arm.

12. How old are the "young maids" that attend the fourth dinner party?
(a) 8-17.
(b) 7-15.
(c) 12-18.
(d) 9-16.

13. Who offers himself/herself up to the Bishop, given that another has not satisfied him?
(a) Martaine.
(b) Constance.
(c) Julie.
(d) Adalaide.

14. Who gets married during the sixth week's festival in December?
(a) Stal and Aphrodite.
(b) Celadon and Sophie.
(c) Martin and Blathe.
(d) Dimitri and Sophia.

15. In "Ernestine, A Swedish Tale," when does the narrator leave Paris to travel to Sweden?
(a) In March of 1772.
(b) In April of 1770.
(c) In July of 1774.
(d) In October of 1776.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrations that everyone has gathered to listen to on "The First Day"?

2. In addition to confessing to the theft of Madame Scholtz's money, what else does she require Herman to do?

3. Whom does Duc kiss on the mouth in the third room that the "society" visits on the "First Day"?

4. Who is married at the fifth's week festival in December?

5. Amelie says that she is going to beg _____________to protect Ernestine.

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