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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) Incense.
(b) Wax.
(c) Opium.
(d) Grass.

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

3. What is the cause of Manuel's loss of sexual desire?
(a) He can never simply make love to a woman.
(b) He is self-loathing homosexual.
(c) Therese is frigid.
(d) He was beaten for masturbation.

4. How do the woman and her friends spend the night before witnessing the Russian's execution?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take Manuel to renovate the new apartments?

3. Why does Lina claim to hate all men?

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

5. How many girls promise to come see Manuel the day after they meet him?

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