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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?
(a) Watch her make love to different men.
(b) Spy on her while she bathes.
(c) Seduce her.
(d) Preach abstinence.
2. What excuse does Robert have for identifying Edna with his mother?
(a) They share the same birthday.
(b) Edna has his mother's hair color.
(c) Edna sings the same songs she does.
(d) Edna and his mother got along too well for his comfort.
3. How do the woman and her friends spend the night before witnessing the Russian's execution?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Reading.
4. How does the tall woman's husband react when she happily tells him what she is doing at the hotel?
(a) He begins to laugh in disbelief.
(b) He wishes her the best of luck.
(c) He agrees that they should annul their marriage.
(d) He curses her out.
5. Why does the narrator accompany the two women to their Moorish tower?
(a) The sirocco is growing violent.
(b) He has offered a fine bottle of wine in exchange for shelter.
(c) He wishes to see their artwork.
(d) He is feeling ill and needs to rest in the shade.
6. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?
(a) A bird.
(b) A snake.
(c) A lioness.
(d) A giraffe.
7. What time does "The Woman on the Dunes" start?
(a) Four in the morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Two in the morning.
(d) Ten at night.
8. Where does Michel claim to have found the aphrodisiac he uses on Lina?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) China.
9. With what Russian author does the woman describe the Russian prisoner's answers?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Nabokov.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Gorky.
10. Why is no one able to recognize Maria in the nude portraits?
(a) Maria is too angry looking compared to her portrait.
(b) Maria is always veiled in public.
(c) Novalis paints a different face on her.
(d) Novalis pretends that the model he uses is a really well-known one who is built the same.
11. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."
(a) American writer.
(b) English poet.
(c) French painter.
(d) Italian sculptor.
12. When Maria returns from the country, what does she discover in the studio?
(a) Novalis is pleasuring himself with a painting of her.
(b) Novalis has committed suicide.
(c) Novalis is having an affair.
(d) Novalis has destroyed every single painting of her.
13. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?
(a) They have a threesome.
(b) They have a huge fight.
(c) They create a painting together.
(d) They smoke opium.
14. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?
(a) They are interrupted by her friend.
(b) A storm hits and they are forced to take cover.
(c) He loses his erection.
(d) He grows ill from swimming.
15. After making love to Robert, why does Dorothy run away from him and her sister?
(a) She feels extremely guilty.
(b) She wants to punish Robert.
(c) She has become pregnant.
(d) She is angry at Robert for seducing her.
Short Answer Questions
1. While fixing up the new apartment, what thought keeps Manuel working?
2. Why is Manuel unhappy with the rooms he and his wife rent in the beginning of this story?
3. What are Edna's career aspirations?
4. What is transpiring as the tall woman talks to her husband on the phone at her hotel?
5. What do the girls see when Manuel's kimono slips open?
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