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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) A bottle of wine is thrown at the Russian.
(b) The Russian is hanged.
(c) The Russian is shot before he can be hanged.
(d) The man in front of her collapses.

2. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?
(a) They are interrupted by her friend.
(b) A storm hits and they are forced to take cover.
(c) He grows ill from swimming.
(d) He loses his erection.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Michel burning when the narrator and Lina arrive at his apartment?

3. Why does Lina claim to hate all men?

4. In the beginning of "The Woman on the Dunes," why can't Louis sleep?

5. To what are the girls compared as they run away from Manuel?

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