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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What painting does Maria resemble?
(a) Maja Desnuda.
(b) Maja Jesus.
(c) Maja Maria.
(d) Maja Madre.

2. When Maria returns from the country, what does she discover in the studio?
(a) Novalis is pleasuring himself with a painting of her.
(b) Novalis has destroyed every single painting of her.
(c) Novalis has committed suicide.
(d) Novalis is having an affair.

3. What does Maria believe about Novalis's new paintings and enthusiasm?
(a) He is ingesting certain drugs.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He is painting only his fantasies.
(d) He is merely replicating his one portrait of her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?

2. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

3. What is Lina's mood whenever the narrator's lovers come to visit?

4. Why does Lina grow angry at the narrator in the cafe?

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

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