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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michel burning when the narrator and Lina arrive at his apartment?
(a) Incense.
(b) Grass.
(c) Opium.
(d) Wax.

2. Why does Therese initially not care for the rooms in which Manuel wants to move?
(a) The walls are too thin.
(b) It is located across from a school.
(c) It is too far from her circus.
(d) The rooms are dirty and uninhabitable.

3. What sort of relationship blooms between the attractive man at the end of the story who adores Europe and the narrator/model?
(a) They become roommates.
(b) They become platonic friends.
(c) They become lovers.
(d) They become colleagues.

4. Why does Dorothy resent Robert?
(a) She believes he is the one who led Edna astray from Harry.
(b) Robert reminds her of the lover who broke her heart.
(c) She resents all actors.
(d) She is very close to her brother-in-law.

5. While using the toilet, why does Manuel leave the door to the bathroom open while the girls are in his apartment?
(a) He is afraid of small spaces.
(b) He does not want to risk blocking out the birds' voices.
(c) He wants them to see him.
(d) He wants to watch them in the mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite having broken through her frigidness with Donald, what does Dorothy discover about her love life with Robert?

2. At her wedding to Robert, what haunts Dorothy?

3. What does Louis see when he spies on the couple in the house?

4. How does the woman's story to Louis end?

5. How do Louis and the woman spend time between bouts of love-making?

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