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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?
(a) She gives all his money to his mistress.
(b) She goes home to make love to Robert.
(c) She boards a ship for China.
(d) She separates from Robert.

2. What is a pissoir?
(a) The front room of an apartment building.
(b) A public urinal.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A private bathhouse.

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

4. What is significant about the mysterious man standing behind the woman at the Russian's execution?
(a) He is bleeding.
(b) He is smoking opium.
(c) He is coughing with tuberculosis.
(d) He is pressing his erection against her.

5. Why does the narrator accompany the two women to their Moorish tower?
(a) The sirocco is growing violent.
(b) He has offered a fine bottle of wine in exchange for shelter.
(c) He is feeling ill and needs to rest in the shade.
(d) He wishes to see their artwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Russian in the woman's story to be executed?

2. Fill in the blank: the narrator of "Lina" has two male lovers who are named Michel and ______.

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

4. When promising to show the exotic birds to the schoolgirls, what does Manuel say is different about the bird from Brazil?

5. How do Louis and the woman spend time between bouts of love-making?

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