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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 Don Jaime hurt the second man?

2. Why did the man ask the woman to help him with the file?

3. What does Don Jaime think that Dona Ardela intends to do if he doesn't hand over the document?

4. Who does Carceles think is talking to him instead of Don Jaime?

5. What subject does Don Jaime say that Carceles understood well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Don Jaime think Dona Adela could be the murderer?

2. What stops Don Jaime from feeling afraid?

3. What do the police say they already know about Don Luis's murder?

4. How does Carceles react to reading the file?

5. What does Dona Adela tell Don Jaime about her ex-lover?

6. Why id Don Jaime so horrified about what has happened to Don Luis?

7. What does the cafe owner tell Don Jaime about the current situation in Spain?

8. Why does Don Jaime to ask Carceles to read the file?

9. What can Don Jaime understand from the file?

10. Why does Don Jaime decide to use a pistol in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Don Jaime become a fencing master? What has fencing taught Don Jaime about life?

Essay Topic 2

What were the role of women in 1860s Spain? In what way is the feminism discourse relate to contemporary issues?

Essay Topic 3

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

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