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

2. How do the Italian police seem to categorize Colin's murder?
(a) As extremely uncommon
(b) As fairly common
(c) As gruesome
(d) As deserved

3. What do Mary and Colin whisper to each other as they make love?
(a) Their intentions for the future
(b) Hateful, cruel criticisms
(c) Bizarre, somewhat violent sexual fantasies
(d) Sweet declarations of their love

4. Which of the following is NOT a "willfully clumsy" detail of Colin's murder (according to the policeman)?
(a) Robert and Caroline leaving Mary alive as a witness
(b) Robert and Caroline leaving the razor behind.
(c) Robert and Caroline traveling on their own passports.
(d) Robert and Caroline booking their own flights.

5. How do Mary and Colin act towards one another as they approach their destination?
(a) They do not look at one another.
(b) They hold hands.
(c) They begin kissing.
(d) They speak softly to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the beach setting described as at the beginning of this chapter?

2. What does Mary intend to tell Colin, but does not (as she sits with his body in the morgue)?

3. What does Robert focus on as he gives Colin a tour of his gallery?

4. How does Mary react when Colin changes position while standing on the balcony?

5. Why does Colin insist on leaving the apartment with Mary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the police react to Mary's statement about Colin's murder? Why?

3. Describe the scene in the ocean involving Mary and Colin.

4. What does Mary find in Robert and Caroline's bedroom? What is the source of this?

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

6. What changes about Colin's appearance in this chapter? How does Robert react to this change? How does Mary react?

7. What does Robert ultimately do to Colin? Why does Colin consent to this?

8. What does Caroline request of Colin? Why?

9. How do Mary and Caroline's views on theatre differ? How are they the same?

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

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