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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what Russian author does the woman describe the Russian prisoner's answers?
(a) Gorky.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Nabokov.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

3. Why is Edna able to spend so much time with her new lover, Robert?
(a) She tells her husband that Robert is gay.
(b) Her husband has given her permission to have an affair.
(c) Her husband is gone on cruises for months at a time.
(d) She tells her husband that Robert is in the seminary.

4. How does the narrator describe the tall woman on the beach in "Sirocco?"
(a) A Lioness.
(b) An Empress.
(c) A Queen.
(d) A Viking.

5. Why does Lina grow angry at the narrator in the cafe?
(a) The narrator tries to kiss her.
(b) The narrator found the chanteuse attractive.
(c) The narrator has asked if Lina would like to visit Hans.
(d) The narrator has just left Michel's bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "The Woman on the Dunes," why can't Louis sleep?

2. What does Lina claim about her experiences in Michel's apartment?

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

4. Where does Michel claim to have found the aphrodisiac he uses on Lina?

5. Why does Robert become enamored of Dorothy?

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