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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbs Lina about Michel's apartment?
(a) The eroticism.
(b) The coldness.
(c) The claustrophobic walls.
(d) The high story.

2. What sort of nightgown does Lina bring to the narrator's home?
(a) She does not wear a nightgown.
(b) A red kimono.
(c) A high-necked matronly gown.
(d) A black lace nightgown.

3. How does the woman on the beach help Louis?
(a) She gives him some water to settle his stomach.
(b) She hides him in the bushes.
(c) She slowly stimulates him back to arousal.
(d) She takes him back to her house.

4. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?
(a) Spy on her while she bathes.
(b) Watch her make love to different men.
(c) Preach abstinence.
(d) Seduce her.

5. What does Lina appear to hate more than anything?
(a) Music.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

2. Despite her proclivities, what does Lina decry as disgusting?

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

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

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

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