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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Reynolds refuse to sleep with the narrator/model in "A Model?"
(a) He has taken a vow of chastity for his art.
(b) He has a sexually transmitted disease.
(c) He does not wish to get her pregnant and risk an abortion.
(d) He is a homosexual.

4. What body part is the painter from "The Queen" discussing in the following statement? "Her _____. It is impossible to describe her _____ except by saying that they were the _____ of an orgasm."
(a) Eyes.
(b) Hands.
(c) Voice.
(d) Mouth.

5. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?
(a) Anger.
(b) Eroticism.
(c) Frostiness.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of relationship blooms between the attractive man at the end of the story who adores Europe and the narrator/model?

2. How does the woman on the beach help Louis?

3. After making love to Robert, why does Dorothy run away from him and her sister?

4. How does the woman's story to Louis end?

5. How does Maria react to her discovery in Novalis's studio at the end of "The Maja?"

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