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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. While fixing up the new apartment, what thought keeps Manuel working?
(a) The pride in his workmanship.
(b) His need to have a place to paint.
(c) Therese's happiness.
(d) The idea of living across from a girls' school.

5. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?
(a) They smoke opium.
(b) They have a threesome.
(c) They create a painting together.
(d) They have a huge fight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To where does Louis follow the mysterious woman?

3. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?

4. In the woman's story, why was the Russian going to be executed?

5. What does Louis discover when he awakens the morning after making love to the woman?

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