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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, pages 81-98.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious act does Don Jaime compare fencing to?
(a) Holy communion.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Christmas mass.
(d) Baptism.

2. Who is Espartero always quoting?
(a) Kierkgaard.
(b) Heine.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Rousseau.

3. Who should a fencing bout be between?
(a) Men of honor.
(b) Men old enough to understand.
(c) Men with foolish abandon.
(d) Soldiers.

4. Who does Adela say taught her to fence?
(a) Montepellier.
(b) She refuses to say.
(c) Vasquez.
(d) Her father.

5. What does Don Jaime say he would never take pride in?
(a) Killing someone.
(b) Stealing from someone.
(c) Teaching someone.
(d) Loving someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the marquis is wheezing like?

2. What does Don Jaime call his search for the perfect thrust?

3. What does Don Jaime hate to hear fencing be called?

4. What method does Don Jaime teach?

5. What makes Don Jaime think that Dona Adela has a cruel nature?

(see the answer key)

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