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

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

3. What does Don Jaime think Don Adela has no interest in?
(a) Religion.
(b) Social interaction.
(c) Politics.
(d) Men.

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

5. What is the name of the cafe Maestro goes to?
(a) Artemo.
(b) Uminez.
(c) Pas.
(d) Progresso.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Don Jaime refuse to train Adela?

2. What does Dona Adela refuse to wear during the first bout?

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

4. Why does Don Jaime leave the cafe early?

5. Why does Don Jaime think that Dona Adela hurries away when she sees him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Don Jaime's opinion on God?

2. Describe Luis de Ayala.

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

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

5. How does Don Jaime react to the Civil Guard fighting the demonstrators in this section?

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

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

8. What is masculine about Adela Otero?

9. How does Don Jaime anger Dona Adela during the first bout?

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

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