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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 kind of music do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul listen to during dinner?
(a) None -- this is a trick question.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Trumpet.

2. What does Hugh do when he gets to the hotel with Yvonne and the consul?
(a) Goes swimming.
(b) Takes a shower.
(c) Orders room service.
(d) Takes a nap.

3. What does Yvonne notice during the bus ride with the consul and Hugh?
(a) All of the cute children.
(b) How handsome the consul is.
(c) Movie posters.
(d) All the handsome men without girlfriends.

4. Who does the consul have sex with on his way up the mountain?
(a) An old girlfriend.
(b) No one -- this is a trick question.
(c) Yvonne.
(d) A whore.

5. What insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?
(a) He thinks he is much older than he really is.
(b) He thinks he is a woman.
(c) He thinks he is much younger than he really is.
(d) He calls him by the wrong name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yvonne notice seems to enjoy the bull fight the most?

2. How many drinks does the consul have during dinner at the hotel?

3. What makes Yvonne fall (the first time) while searching for the consul in the storm?

4. What does the consul think about Yvonne as he storms out of the hotel restaurant?

5. What is mescal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the consul fail to understand why Yvonne and Hugh get so upset during dinner?

2. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?

3. Why does the consul want the sun to stand still after the bus ride he takes with Yvonne and Hugh?

4. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?

5. What do Laruelle and Hugh have in common from their childhoods?

6. What does the consul's desire for the sun not to set foreshadow?

7. What does Yvonne experience as she falls/dying?

8. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?

9. What about Yvonne's letter depresses the consul as he is heading up the mountain?

10. How does Yvonne ultimately die?

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