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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louis discover when he awakens the morning after making love to the woman?
(a) The woman left him a note, asking him to come visit her later that day.
(b) He has dreamt the entire encounter.
(c) The woman has disappeared.
(d) He has been brought back to his own house during the night.

2. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) The man in front of her collapses.
(b) The Russian is shot before he can be hanged.
(c) The Russian is hanged.
(d) A bottle of wine is thrown at the Russian.

3. What do the girls see when Manuel's kimono slips open?
(a) That he is aroused.
(b) His chest.
(c) His abdomen.
(d) The scars on his legs.

4. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?
(a) They have a threesome.
(b) They smoke opium.
(c) They have a huge fight.
(d) They create a painting together.

5. What is the cause of Manuel's loss of sexual desire?
(a) Therese is frigid.
(b) He can never simply make love to a woman.
(c) He was beaten for masturbation.
(d) He is self-loathing homosexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does "Little Birds" take place?

2. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?

3. What time does "The Woman on the Dunes" start?

4. Why is the mysterious woman not afraid of Louis swimming with her?

5. When promising to show the exotic birds to the schoolgirls, what does Manuel say is different about the bird from Brazil?

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