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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rango help Hilda overcome her learned responses to sex?
(a) He sleeps with her whenever he wants.
(b) He arouses her but forces her to wait to make love.
(c) He allows her to initiate sex.
(d) He corrects her every move.

2. Who comforts Faye when she hears Albert having sex with the servant girls?
(a) Another servant.
(b) The dressmaker.
(c) The cook.
(d) The gardener.

3. According to "The Queen," to what event does Bijou invite the painter?
(a) Gallery opening.
(b) Broadway opening.
(c) Art Ball.
(d) Society gala.

4. In "A Model," while posing for the South American painter, the narrator is posed on a dummy of what animal?
(a) Horse.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Donkey.

5. Describe the relationship between the aristocratic woman and her lawyer in "The Chanchiquito."
(a) Dignified flirtation.
(b) Strained familial relations.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Mutual hatred.

6. What does Bijou promise the painter before the Art Ball?
(a) She will dance with him first.
(b) She will always remain faithful to her.
(c) He will be her first lover of the night..
(d) She will go home with him at the end of the night.

7. How does the painter decorate himself for the Art Ball at the end of "The Queen?"
(a) He paints himself in tribal patterns.
(b) He does not decorate himself at all.
(c) He shaves his head.
(d) He paints himself brown.

8. In "the Chanchiquito," why is a witch doctor called in to help the aristocratic lady?
(a) A chanchiquito ran up her skirt.
(b) The lady is struck dumb at the sight of a chanchiquito.
(c) The lady has a heart attack.
(d) The lady is startled by the chanchiquito and falls, hitting her head.

9. Why does Mary not want Mandra to meet her husband?
(a) Mary is afraid Mandra will seduce him.
(b) Mandra is racist.
(c) Mary does not like her husband.
(d) Mary wants Mandra to remain a secret in her life.

10. What about Hilda's body amazes Rango?
(a) Her delicacy.
(b) Her paleness.
(c) Her strength.
(d) Her hourglass figure.

11. What would happen when Bijou would walk alone in the streets?
(a) Women would throw things at her.
(b) Animals would run away from her.
(c) Police would try to arrest her for prostitution.
(d) Men would follow her.

12. Laura's uncle advises his friend to take two of what article of clothing to Brazil in "The Chanchiquito?"
(a) Hats.
(b) Jackets.
(c) Pants.
(d) Scarves.

13. What were characteristics of the American writer's work that attracted women (such as Hilda in "Hilda and Rango") to him?
(a) Violent and sensual.
(b) Fiery and intellectual.
(c) Sweet and caring.
(d) Thoughtful and philosphical.

14. Fill in the blank for this quote from "Mandra:" "[Miriam and Paul's] obsession [is] with the word that is the key to society--everything must be "________."
(a) Perfection.
(b) Smart.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Rich.

15. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?
(a) Wolflike.
(b) Piglike.
(c) Burly.
(d) Hairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?

2. For whom are Albert and Faye throwing a party?

3. What does the narrator/model offer to her boyfriend in "A Model," which he refuses?

4. Why is the narrator/model unable to find modeling work in the country?

5. How does the painter know Bijou has been faithless?

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