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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. How does Jaime anger Adela during the first bout?
(a) He doesn't fight well.
(b) He refuses to strike her.
(c) He disarms her.
(d) Her calls her weak.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Don Jaime fight the second duel?

2. Why does Dona Adela think she feels faint?

3. What does Don Jaime think Don Adela has no interest in?

4. What country did Don Jaime settle down in in 1850?

5. What does Dona Adela ask about the thrust?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the room in which Don Jaime waits for Adela Otero.

2. What is Don Jaime's argument against Romero's statement that the Catholic Church isn't violent?

3. What is Don Jaime's opinion of Manlito?

4. Why isn't the Marquis at his best?

5. What do the Cafe Progresso members think about the prospect of civil war?

6. How does Adela Otero convince her to fence?

7. Why does Don Luis say he admires Don Jaime?

8. What is the only thing that Don Jaime knows about Dona Adela's private life?

9. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?

10. How does Dona Adela meet Don Luis in this section?

(see the answer keys)

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