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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does "The Maja" take place?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Rome.

2. 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.

3. When looking at the new apartments, what is the first sound that indicates the rooms are located across from a school?
(a) A schoolbell.
(b) Schoolboys fighting.
(c) A nun's whistle.
(d) Schoolgirls shouting at recess.

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

5. Despite her proclivities, what does Lina decry as disgusting?
(a) Lesbianism.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Judging others.

6. What does Novalis do without Maria's knowledge while she sleeps?
(a) He makes love to her.
(b) He consults a lawyer for a divorce.
(c) He paints her in the nude.
(d) He hires nude models to sit for him.

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

8. What sort of men tend to be attracted to Dorothy and her strength?
(a) Adventurous men.
(b) Strong men.
(c) Timid men.
(d) Abusive men.

9. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?
(a) She goes home to make love to Robert.
(b) She separates from Robert.
(c) She boards a ship for China.
(d) She gives all his money to his mistress.

10. How does the narrator coax Lina into visiting Michel?
(a) Michel will provide some of the world's finest wine.
(b) Lina would find his trained monkey amusing.
(c) Lina would find his explorer's den interesting.
(d) Michel is an amazing musician.

11. Why does Novalis grow weary of Maria?
(a) She is too educated and he cannot keep up with her.
(b) She is not beautiful enough for him.
(c) She has no passion.
(d) She is too enthusiastic in her sexual pursuits.

12. How does the woman on the beach help Louis?
(a) She takes him back to her house.
(b) She slowly stimulates him back to arousal.
(c) She gives him some water to settle his stomach.
(d) She hides him in the bushes.

13. Which girl falls in line with Manuel's plan when he leaves the bathroom door open during urination?
(a) The curly-haired girl.
(b) The plump girl.
(c) The shy girl.
(d) The blonde girl.

14. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?
(a) He loses his erection.
(b) They are interrupted by her friend.
(c) A storm hits and they are forced to take cover.
(d) He grows ill from swimming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria forbid Novalis from using in his art?

2. What is Harry's occupation?

3. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."

4. While using the toilet, why does Manuel leave the door to the bathroom open while the girls are in his apartment?

5. How does the tall woman's husband react when she happily tells him what she is doing at the hotel?

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