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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Queen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part is the painter from "The Queen" discussing in the following statement? "Her _____. It is impossible to describe her _____ except by saying that they were the _____ of an orgasm."
(a) Voice.
(b) Hands.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Mouth.

2. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?
(a) Frostiness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Anger.
(d) Eroticism.

3. Why does Lina claim to hate all men?
(a) She wishes she were one.
(b) She claims they are useless.
(c) She claims they do not treat her friends well.
(d) She was just left broken-hearted by a man.

4. What interrupts the tall woman's story to the narrator?
(a) The wind blows the door open.
(b) The roof begins to leak.
(c) The narrator grows ill from the heat.
(d) Her roommate brings a tray of beverage to them.

5. Why does Lina hate the narrator's lovers?
(a) She mistakes her friend's cries of passion as cries of violence.
(b) The lovers had played a cruel prank on Lina years earlier.
(c) She is in love with the narrator.
(d) She believes they are not good enough for her friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina appear to hate more than anything?

2. Why does the narrator accompany the two women to their Moorish tower?

3. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

4. What happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?

5. How is the Russian in the woman's story to be executed?

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