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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator coax Lina into visiting Michel?
(a) Michel will provide some of the world's finest wine.
(b) Michel is an amazing musician.
(c) Lina would find his trained monkey amusing.
(d) Lina would find his explorer's den interesting.

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

4. How many girls promise to come see Manuel the day after they meet him?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Robert become enamored of Dorothy?

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

4. With what money does Manuel buy the exotic birds?

5. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."

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