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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) Piano.
(b) None -- this is a trick question.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Guitar.

2. How does Hugh react to Yvonne's request to leave Laruelle's home?
(a) He wants to accompany her out.
(b) He wants to stay.
(c) He ignores her requests.
(d) He slaps her in an attempt to establish his authority.

3. Who does the consul claim had the right to die?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Himself.
(c) The man they observed on the bus.
(d) Laruelle.

4. Where do Hugh and Yvonne keep checking for the consul?
(a) Cantinas.
(b) Churches.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Police stations.

5. How many drinks does the consul have during dinner at the hotel?
(a) Many.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Just one little sip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small charge do the police accuse the consul of?

2. What does the consul continue to do as he heads up the mountain?

3. Who does Yvonne think is to blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?

4. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?

5. How has the consul reacted to Yvonne's childhood dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the consul ultimately die?

3. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?

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

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

6. Why does no one offer to help the man who gets on the bus who has clearly been mugged?

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

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

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

10. What causes Yvonne and the consul to feel happy and in love again during the bull fight?

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