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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is transpiring as the tall woman talks to her husband on the phone at her hotel?
(a) Her friend is playing the guitar for her.
(b) Her friend is beginning to make love to her.
(c) Her friend is helping her pack her bags to run away again.
(d) Her friend is sketching her form.

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

4. What does Maria forbid Novalis from using in his art?
(a) Models.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Photographs.
(d) The color red.

5. In what region does "The Woman on the Dunes" take place?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Baltic.
(d) Transylvanian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the woman's story, why was the Russian going to be executed?

2. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

3. Why does Lina hate the narrator's lovers?

4. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"

5. What would happen when Bijou would walk alone in the streets?

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