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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) A bottle of wine is thrown at the Russian.
(b) The Russian is shot before he can be hanged.
(c) The Russian is hanged.
(d) The man in front of her collapses.

2. 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 paint.
(d) She begins to have anonymous sexual encounters.

3. In what ways is the narrator's first modeling job indicative of the artists she will encounter in "A Model"?
(a) The artist behaves lewdly.
(b) The artist is very brusque and barely pays attention to her.
(c) The artist is quite drunk.
(d) The artist is a perfect gentleman.

4. What does Faye finally request of Albert?
(a) She wants him to grant her a divorce.
(b) She wants him to make love to her.
(c) She wants him to move out.
(d) She wants him to move away to another country with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria forbid Novalis from using in his art?

2. How does Albert spend his honeymoon night with Faye?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator accompany the two women to their Moorish tower?

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