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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Alice tell him?
(a) "You will be hers; you will sacrifice yourself to her..."
(b) "You are the sweetest man I know..."
(c) "Your sacrifice will be to the church, not to me..."
(d) "I love you..."

2. What does Miss Alice say she has done?
(a) Nothing wrong.
(b) Sold her soul to the devil.
(c) Tried to obey, tried to understand, she has tried!
(d) Given up on the lawyer.

3. What has Julian become during his stay at the mansion?
(a) A man.
(b) A priest.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A tremendous help.

4. To what does the poem lead?
(a) Their conversation of early erotic musings and mental imagery of sex play.
(b) An awkward moment.
(c) A kiss shared between the couple.
(d) Miss Alice begging Julian to marry her.

5. Into what does Julian launch as he describes in intimate detail the experience of a Christian being fed to a lion?
(a) One of his religious, hallucinatory states.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A dream.

6. What does the butler say about the wine cellar?
(a) It is beautiful and does not need Julian to care for it.
(b) It is filled with delicious, expensive wine.
(c) Essentially they are making some very expensive vinegar.
(d) They are making some of the best wine in the region.

7. What does Julian ask Miss Alice?
(a) If she would like to have some wine.
(b) If she is alright.
(c) Where the lawyer ran off to.
(d) How there could be flames in both the model of the chapel and the real chapel.

8. Where is Julian?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In Miss Alice's sitting room,
(c) In the parlor.
(d) In the dining room.

9. What does Julian remember about the Welsh man?
(a) The juice his farm produced.
(b) How good he was with horses.
(c) How handsome he was.
(d) The incredible tufts of black hair on his fingers.

10. What does Miss Alice do after the lawyer leaves her?
(a) She cries.
(b) She calls for Julian.
(c) She goes to the chapel to find the men.
(d) She assumes a more comfortable position on the floor, where she goes into a mantra.

11. What does the lawyer do to the butler?
(a) He hits him.
(b) He chastises him.
(c) He glares at him.
(d) He argues with him.

12. What does the lawyer demand when he enters?
(a) To have dinner made for him.
(b) To know where Miss Alice and Julian are.
(c) To have a bunch of flowers cut.
(d) To take a nap.

13. What does Julian want to do?
(a) Serve in some way and be forgotten.
(b) Marry Miss Alice.
(c) Run away.
(d) Become a priest.

14. What do the folds of her negligee mimic?
(a) The unfurling of great wings.
(b) A tarp.
(c) The wind.
(d) The clouds.

15. What does Miss Alice ask Julian to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Go back to the monastery.
(c) Move into the mansion with her.
(d) Move into the guest house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lawyer think about the relationship that has developed by the wealthy woman and the lay brother?

2. Why does the lawyer throw out that maybe she would rather be with her precious Julian?

3. What must the lawyer do with their plans for Julian?

4. How does this scene open?

5. What do these two explore?

(see the answer keys)

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