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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman on the Dunes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of "The Woman on the Dunes," why can't Louis sleep?
(a) It is too hot in his room.
(b) He is too aroused.
(c) His neighbors are making love loudly.
(d) He is depressed.

2. How does the woman's story to Louis end?
(a) She is seperated from the man.
(b) She is taken back to the man's rooms.
(c) She is arrested.
(d) She passes out.

3. What is Manuel's favorite way of arousing himself?
(a) He likes to be watched by women.
(b) Men fighting.
(c) He writes down erotic thoughts.
(d) He likes to use a pillow.

4. What does Louis see when he spies on the couple in the house?
(a) The man is making love to the woman.
(b) The man is performing oral sex on the woman.
(c) The woman is performing oral sex on the man.
(d) The woman is being seduced by the man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Therese initially not care for the rooms in which Manuel wants to move?

2. What act does Manuel's wife perform for the circus?

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

4. Why is Manuel unhappy with the rooms he and his wife rent in the beginning of this story?

5. How is the Russian in the woman's story to be executed?

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