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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, pages 128-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don Jaime do during the weekend?
(a) Writes.
(b) Draws.
(c) Reads.
(d) Sleeps.

2. What do Don Jaime and the Marquis always drink after their bout?
(a) Sherry
(b) Vodka.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Whisky.

3. What does Don Jaime call his search for the perfect thrust?
(a) The Ark.
(b) The Quest.
(c) The Holy Grail.
(d) Mission Impossible.

4. How does the author describe the journalist's smile?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Olympian.
(c) Loving.
(d) Manly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the Count call Don Jaime?

2. How does Jaime anger Adela during the first bout?

3. What is masculine about Dona Adela de Otera's face?

4. Why does Adela think Don Jaime doesn't want her to meet Don Luis?

5. What religious act does Don Jaime compare fencing to?

(see the answer key)

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