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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. What does Don Jaime write in his letter back to Dona Adela?
(a) She has sent too much money.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) She has much to learn.
(d) Don Luis is a cad.

2. Who does a woman tell Don Jaime has landed in Spain?
(a) A savior of the people.
(b) A King from afar.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) A rival to the Spanish throne.

3. What does Don Jaime agree to teach Don Adela?
(a) The defensive leap.
(b) The two hundred escudo thrust.
(c) The wall block.
(d) The sixty fist lunge.

4. What does Dona Adela refuse to wear during the first bout?
(a) A chest protector.
(b) A fencing mask.
(c) A box.
(d) A shin guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Jaime see floating in the water in his dream?

2. Why does Don Jaime refuse to train Adela?

3. What do Don Jaime and the Marquis always drink after their bout?

4. Why does Don Jaime leave the cafe early?

5. Where does Don Luis think much of Don Jaime's personal philosophy comes from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adela Otero convince her to fence?

2. What favor does Don Jaime agree to do for Don Luis in this section?

3. What is Don Jaime's opinion on politics?

4. Why is Don Jaime struggling with what he calls the Holy Grail?

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

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

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

8. What does Don Jaime about his loneliness?

9. What does Don Jaime think about Adela's constant questioning?

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

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