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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Don Jaime troubled by thoughts of Dona Adela?
(a) He thinks she is a sociopath.
(b) He thinks she is going to marry Don Luis.
(c) He thinks she is a murderer.
(d) He thinks she used him for something.

2. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?
(a) He suggests Jaime is teaching Adela because she is beautiful
(b) He suggests Jaime is in love.
(c) He suggests that Jaime is no longer the best teacher in Spain.
(d) He suggests Jaime is too old to teach.

3. What does the author say the marquis is wheezing like?
(a) A dying man.
(b) A leaking gas pipe.
(c) A broken engine.
(d) Broken bellows.

4. Why does Don Jaime think that Dona Adela hurries away when she sees him?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is late.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is ashamed.

5. Who does Don Luis call an extraordinary and admirable man?
(a) His own father.
(b) Jaime's father.
(c) Napoloean.
(d) Don Jaime.

6. What does Don Luis want Don Jaime to do for him?
(a) Stop teaching him.
(b) Teach him Jaime's thrust move.
(c) Kill Dona Adela.
(d) Take possession of a file.

7. Where city did Don Jaime settle in after leaving the army?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

8. What was the name of the school Don Jaime graduated from as a fencing master?
(a) The Rome Academy of Arms.
(b) The Paris Fencing School.
(c) The Rome Fencing School.
(d) The Paris Academy of Arms.

9. How does Romero get by without a job?
(a) Sells food.
(b) Sells books.
(c) Borrows money.
(d) Begs.

10. What does Adela say she wanted to prove to Don Jaime?
(a) That she has potential.
(b) That she was not a helpless women.
(c) That she was his equal.
(d) That he should be afraid of her.

11. What does Carceles use to support his views?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A politcal speech.
(d) A radio monologue.

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

13. Where does Don Jaime go for breakfast?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A friend's house.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A hospital.

14. How does Don Jaime tell his students they must hold the grip on their foil?
(a) As if they holding a baby.
(b) As if they were throttling their enemy.
(c) As if they had a bird in their hand.
(d) As if they were trying to crush a stone.

15. What does Don Jaime think the artifacts in his fencing gallery are symbols of?
(a) Memories and regrets.
(b) Another life.
(c) Love and hurt.
(d) Fun times.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city does Don Jaime say he fell in love?

2. What method does Don Jaime teach?

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

4. Why does Don Jaime refuse to train Adela?

5. Why does Don Jaime leave the cafe early?

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