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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state of dress is Miriam when she calls Mandra in to her room to keep her company?
(a) Only lingerie.
(b) Naked.
(c) Nearly dressed save for her shirt.
(d) Fully dressed.

2. What position is Laura holding after Jan is done drawing on the ceiling?
(a) The pose of the Mona Lisa.
(b) The pose of the drawn woman above them.
(c) The position of the Pieta.
(d) The position of the Maja Desnuda.

3. Why is no one able to recognize Maria in the nude portraits?
(a) Novalis paints a different face on her.
(b) Maria is always veiled in public.
(c) Maria is too angry looking compared to her portrait.
(d) Novalis pretends that the model he uses is a really well-known one who is built the same.

4. After the marriage, why can Dorothy no longer enjoy sex with Robert?
(a) She feels too guilty.
(b) She is starting to identify him with her father.
(c) She thinks she is a lesbian.
(d) She only wants Donald.

5. What is the first thing Jan draws on the ceiling for Laura?
(a) A dog.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A chanchiquito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Maria to go into deep sleeps?

2. How does Pierre turn the tables on Jeannette at the end of "Runaway?"

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

4. Why does Dorothy begin to have an affair with Donald?

5. In what region does "The Woman on the Dunes" take place?

(see the answer key)

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