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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 causes Robert and Caroline's intimate relationship to become violent?
(a) Robert's father insists he beat Caroline during sex.
(b) Robert's frustration at not being able to conceive children.
(c) Caroline asks Robert to hurt her.
(d) Caroline's infidelity

2. What information causes the Italian police to become less sympathetic towards Mary?
(a) Her previously knowledge of Robert and Caroline
(b) Her occupation
(c) Her feminist beliefs
(d) Her marital status

3. What concerns Colin when he walks to the edge of the ocean?
(a) He and Mary have begun arguing again after several days of renewed passion.
(b) He cannot see Mary swimming in the distance.
(c) He sees Robert in the distance.
(d) The group of teenagers is encroaching on the spot where he and Mary have placed their towels.

4. Which of the following is NOT an activity that Mary and Colin engage in in this chapter?
(a) Spending the day at the beach
(b) Having long discussions about their lives
(c) Smoking marijuana on the balcony
(d) Spending many hours in bed

5. Where do Mary and Colin go initially after leaving the beach?
(a) To a restaurant
(b) To their hotel room
(c) To the water taxi dock
(d) To Robert's apartment

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline say makes her feel more efficient?

2. What does Caroline implore Colin to do when he and Mary prepare to leave her home?

3. What do Mary and Colin hear as they depart the boat dock?

4. Why does Mary fall asleep in Caroline and Robert's apartment?

5. What does Colin find unusual about Caroline?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mary and Colin's conversations compare to their lovemaking?

2. Describe the process of Mary realizing that Colin was in the photograph at Robert's apartment

3. Describe the scene when Mary awakens with a shout in the middle of the night.

4. Describe the evolution of the sexual dynamics between Robert and Caroline.

5. What is Mary's fantasy of "subjection and humiliation" for Colin? What is Colin's fantasy for Mary?

6. Why do Mary and Colin leave late for the beach? What is the motivation behind their change of plans?

7. Why doesn't Mary respond much to Caroline's stories? What is likely the source of her silence?

8. Why does Robert hold Colin's hand as they walk to the bar? What does he tell people about their relationship?

9. What does Caroline request of Colin? Why?

10. What does Mary intend to do when she goes to the morgue? What does she do instead?

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