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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the mysterious man standing behind the woman at the Russian's execution?
(a) He is coughing with tuberculosis.
(b) He is bleeding.
(c) He is smoking opium.
(d) He is pressing his erection against her.

2. Fill in the blank: the narrator of "Lina" has two male lovers who are named Michel and ______.
(a) Gunther.
(b) Dieter.
(c) Hans.
(d) Melchior.

3. To what are the girls compared as they run away from Manuel?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cats.

4. After the marriage, why can Dorothy no longer enjoy sex with Robert?
(a) She only wants Donald.
(b) She feels too guilty.
(c) She thinks she is a lesbian.
(d) She is starting to identify him with her father.

5. To what is Louis resistant the night he cannot sleep in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Sex.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorothy begin to have an affair with Donald?

2. How does the woman's story to Louis end?

3. How does the narrator coax Lina into visiting Michel?

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

5. Why is Edna able to spend so much time with her new lover, Robert?

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