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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. Whose voice does Don Jaime recognize outside his door?

2. What country was Adela living in before she came to Spain?

3. Who is the first person to arrive after the attackers flee?

4. Where does the policeman say they are going?

5. What does Dona Adela plead Don Jaime not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Jaime see at the morgue?

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

3. How does Don Jaime prepare for the arrival of his attackers?

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

5. What decision does Don Jaime make when he finds Carceles gone?

6. What can Don Jaime understand from the file?

7. What happens at three in the morning in this section?

8. How do Don Jaime's feelings about Dona Adela change when he sees her dead body?

9. Why did Dona Adela kill Don Luis?

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

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 are Don Jaime's views on one of the following subjects.

1. Religion.

2. Politics.

3. Feminism.

How has fencing shaped his views on that subject?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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