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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What interrupts the tall woman's story to the narrator?
(a) Her roommate brings a tray of beverage to them.
(b) The roof begins to leak.
(c) The narrator grows ill from the heat.
(d) The wind blows the door open.

3. Why does Lina claim to hate all men?
(a) She claims they do not treat her friends well.
(b) She was just left broken-hearted by a man.
(c) She wishes she were one.
(d) She claims they are useless.

4. Fill in the blank: the narrator of "Lina" has two male lovers who are named Michel and ______.
(a) Gunther.
(b) Melchior.
(c) Hans.
(d) Dieter.

5. When promising to show the exotic birds to the schoolgirls, what does Manuel say is different about the bird from Brazil?
(a) It has three eyes.
(b) It sings opera.
(c) It has the head of a monkey.
(d) It has chameleon like abilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Manuel keep all of his new birds?

2. How do the woman and her friends spend the night before witnessing the Russian's execution?

3. What does Lina appear to hate more than anything?

4. What causes Maria to go into deep sleeps?

5. In "A Model," while posing for the South American painter, the narrator is posed on a dummy of what animal?

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