View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maria react to her discovery in Novalis's studio at the end of "The Maja?"
(a) She divorces him and joins a nunnery.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She removes her clothes and offers herself to her husband.
(d) She gets drunk and begs him to paint her.

2. How does Rango help Hilda overcome her learned responses to sex?
(a) He allows her to initiate sex.
(b) He corrects her every move.
(c) He sleeps with her whenever he wants.
(d) He arouses her but forces her to wait to make love.

3. For what reason do Maria and Novalis have their first argument?
(a) She sees him using a nude model.
(b) She sees him making love to another woman.
(c) He refuses to go to church.
(d) Novalis slaps her.

4. What sort of men tend to be attracted to Dorothy and her strength?
(a) Strong men.
(b) Adventurous men.
(c) Abusive men.
(d) Timid men.

5. Besides Robert, how does Edna find her self-confidence again?
(a) She begins to teach dance lessons to children.
(b) She begins to act on stage.
(c) She begins to have anonymous sexual encounters.
(d) She begins to paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the painter know Bijou has been faithless?

2. What does Maria believe about Novalis's new paintings and enthusiasm?

3. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 331 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample