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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edna able to spend so much time with her new lover, Robert?
(a) She tells her husband that Robert is gay.
(b) Her husband has given her permission to have an affair.
(c) She tells her husband that Robert is in the seminary.
(d) Her husband is gone on cruises for months at a time.

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

3. Where is the beach in the beginning of "Sirocco" located?
(a) Deya.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Zlatni Rat.

4. What is Manuel's favorite way of arousing himself?
(a) He likes to use a pillow.
(b) Men fighting.
(c) He writes down erotic thoughts.
(d) He likes to be watched by women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is transpiring as the tall woman talks to her husband on the phone at her hotel?

2. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?

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

4. What act does Manuel's wife perform for the circus?

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

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