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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act does Manuel's wife perform for the circus?
(a) Contortionist.
(b) Lion tamer.
(c) Snake charmer.
(d) Trapeze.

2. While using the toilet, why does Manuel leave the door to the bathroom open while the girls are in his apartment?
(a) He wants them to see him.
(b) He wants to watch them in the mirror.
(c) He is afraid of small spaces.
(d) He does not want to risk blocking out the birds' voices.

3. Why does Lina hate the narrator's lovers?
(a) She is in love with the narrator.
(b) The lovers had played a cruel prank on Lina years earlier.
(c) She mistakes her friend's cries of passion as cries of violence.
(d) She believes they are not good enough for her friend.

4. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."
(a) French painter.
(b) Italian sculptor.
(c) American writer.
(d) English poet.

5. After the marriage, why can Dorothy no longer enjoy sex with Robert?
(a) She is starting to identify him with her father.
(b) She only wants Donald.
(c) She feels too guilty.
(d) She thinks she is a lesbian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?

3. When looking at the new apartments, what is the first sound that indicates the rooms are located across from a school?

4. What part of Edna fascinates Robert the most?

5. Where is the beach in the beginning of "Sirocco" located?

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