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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disturbs Lina about Michel's apartment?
(a) The high story.
(b) The claustrophobic walls.
(c) The eroticism.
(d) The coldness.

3. After making love to Robert, why does Dorothy run away from him and her sister?
(a) She is angry at Robert for seducing her.
(b) She has become pregnant.
(c) She wants to punish Robert.
(d) She feels extremely guilty.

4. What happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?
(a) Lina leaves for Paris.
(b) Lina moves in with the narrator.
(c) Lina enters a convent.
(d) Lina sleeps with the narrator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis discover when he awakens the morning after making love to the woman?

2. How does the narrator describe the tall woman on the beach in "Sirocco?"

3. What do the girls see when Manuel's kimono slips open?

4. How do the woman and her friends spend the night before witnessing the Russian's execution?

5. Why does Novalis grow weary of Maria?

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