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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. Why does Mary think of the handgun in her purse?
(a) She forgot she has the handgun.
(b) She wonders if she could kill a man.
(c) She becomes frightened.
(d) She feels suicidal for being so cruel to Karl.

2. What is Karl's major?
(a) Art history.
(b) Business.
(c) Literature.
(d) Classical languages.

3. What is Rowley's first inclination when he sees Karl's body?
(a) To yell at Mary.
(b) To dig a grave in the garden.
(c) To call the police.
(d) To leave.

4. How does Mary explain sleeping so late?
(a) That she had been reading in bed until quite late.
(b) That it is so overcast, it seemed earlier than it is.
(c) That she wasn't feeling well.
(d) That she took a sleeping pill after Nina had come to her room in the middle of the night.

5. What does Mary force herself to do?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Eat some breakfast.
(c) Clean up a little blood remaining on the floor.
(d) Act naturally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rowley reply to Mary's repeated thanks?

2. What does Karl do after laying Mary on the bed and kissing her repeatedly?

3. How does Mary explain the sound Nina heard?

4. What does Karl join?

5. Who sends the telegram?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karl act when Mary pulls out the gun out of her purse?

2. What does the Princess say about the party from the previous evening?

3. How does the altercation between Karl and Mary resolve itself?

4. What is said between Rowley and Mary about Edgar and Mary's possible marriage to him?

5. What does the Princess learn about the violinist and what is her response?

6. Describe the scene of Mary and Rowley getting rid of Karl's body.

7. What does Nina relate to Mary about what Nina learns from Agata?

8. Describe Karl's life in Austria.

9. How does Mary feel about what Karl tells her about his life?

10. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?

(see the answer keys)

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