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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the tall woman's husband refuse to make love to her?
(a) She is not a virgin.
(b) She does not smell correctly.
(c) Her hair is too long and he does not wish to disturb it.
(d) She is bigger than the Chinese women.

2. What time does "The Woman on the Dunes" start?
(a) Four in the morning.
(b) Two in the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Ten at night.

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

4. At her wedding to Robert, what haunts Dorothy?
(a) Donald's drug use.
(b) Robert's wandering eye.
(c) Henry's illness.
(d) Edna's severe depression.

5. Where does Manuel keep all of his new birds?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The terrace.
(d) The front room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Donald claim he can never forgive Dorothy?

2. What part of Edna fascinates Robert the most?

3. What is significant about the mysterious man standing behind the woman at the Russian's execution?

4. What interrupts the tall woman's story to the narrator?

5. What sort of nightgown does Lina bring to the narrator's home?

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