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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 was the name of Don Jaime's old fencing master?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Adele.
(d) Juan.

2. What style has Dona Adela been taught in?
(a) The French style.
(b) The Italian style.
(c) The Greek style.
(d) The Spanish style.

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

4. What does Dona Adela de Otero want from Don Jaime?
(a) For him to teach her son.
(b) Revenge.
(c) For him to fight her ex-lover.
(d) For him to teach her.

5. How does Don Jaime react to Romero's declaration that he is love with a married woman?
(a) He laughs at him.
(b) He berates him.
(c) He hits him.
(d) He ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Jaime say he would never take pride in?

2. In which city does Don Prim currently reside?

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

4. What is the name of the cafe Maestro goes to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Don Jaime think martial war has been declared?

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

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

4. What happens when Adela starts seeing Don Luis?

5. What information does Don Jaime give Dona Adela about his life in fencing?

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

7. How does Adela Otero convince her to fence?

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

9. What is masculine about Adela Otero?

10. How did Don Jaime become a fencing master?

(see the answer keys)

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