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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 do the police demand of the consul?
(a) That he leave their town immediately.
(b) That he show up for court the next day.
(c) To see his papers.
(d) At least $1000.

2. What makes the bull fight so unentertaining?
(a) It is over in fewer than 30 seconds.
(b) There is no music.
(c) The bull refuses to fight.
(d) The bull has clearly been drugged.

3. What larger charge do the police accuse the consul?
(a) Rape.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Being a known criminal.
(d) Murder.

4. Why do Yvonne and Hugh become upset during dinner?
(a) Because the waitress keeps messing up their food.
(b) Because the consul refuses to speak in English anymore.
(c) Because of some unruly patrons at the next table.
(d) Because the consul is drinking again.

5. What kind of atmosphere does the bus have?
(a) Hectic.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Very serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugh observe Yvonne and the consul doing on the bus?

2. How does the consul leave the hotel restaurant?

3. What does the consul imagine seeing while he listens to Hugh and Yvonne at the hotel?

4. As she and Hugh are chasing the consul, what does she point out always upsets the consul?

5. What Biblical allusion does the consul use after the trio's bus ride?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Yvonne see the bull as a symbol of?

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

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

5. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

6. How do Hugh and Yvonne pass the afternoon at the hotel with the consul?

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

8. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?

9. What does Yvonne imagine has burned down as she sees the storm approaching?

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

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