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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jaime anger Adela during the first bout?

2. What does Don Jaime call his search for the perfect thrust?

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

4. Why does Dona Adela think she feels faint?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is masculine about Adela Otero?

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

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

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

7. How does Dona make Don Jaime uncomfortable in this section?

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

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

10. What happens when Adela starts seeing Don Luis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Don Jaime consider fencing an art? What would he think about the position of fencing in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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