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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the tall woman on the beach in "Sirocco?"
(a) A Lioness.
(b) A Queen.
(c) A Viking.
(d) An Empress.

2. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?
(a) She boards a ship for China.
(b) She separates from Robert.
(c) She gives all his money to his mistress.
(d) She goes home to make love to Robert.

3. Which girl falls in line with Manuel's plan when he leaves the bathroom door open during urination?
(a) The plump girl.
(b) The blonde girl.
(c) The curly-haired girl.
(d) The shy girl.

4. Why does the tall woman's husband refuse to make love to her?
(a) She is not a virgin.
(b) Her hair is too long and he does not wish to disturb it.
(c) She is bigger than the Chinese women.
(d) She does not smell correctly.

5. When promising to show the exotic birds to the schoolgirls, what does Manuel say is different about the bird from Brazil?
(a) It has three eyes.
(b) It has the head of a monkey.
(c) It has chameleon like abilities.
(d) It sings opera.

6. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?
(a) Seduce her.
(b) Preach abstinence.
(c) Spy on her while she bathes.
(d) Watch her make love to different men.

7. Where is the beach in the beginning of "Sirocco" located?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Zlatni Rat.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Deya.

8. How does the woman on the beach help Louis?
(a) She slowly stimulates him back to arousal.
(b) She takes him back to her house.
(c) She hides him in the bushes.
(d) She gives him some water to settle his stomach.

9. What stories does Michel tell as Lina dozes off?
(a) His travels.
(b) His family.
(c) His art.
(d) His movies.

10. 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) The sirocco is growing violent.
(d) He wishes to see their artwork.

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

12. At her wedding to Robert, what haunts Dorothy?
(a) Henry's illness.
(b) Donald's drug use.
(c) Edna's severe depression.
(d) Robert's wandering eye.

13. What is Lina's mood whenever the narrator's lovers come to visit?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Caution.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Joy.

14. With what Russian author does the woman describe the Russian prisoner's answers?
(a) Dostoyevsky.
(b) Nabokov.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Gorky.

15. How does the narrator coax Lina into visiting Michel?
(a) Michel will provide some of the world's finest wine.
(b) Lina would find his trained monkey amusing.
(c) Lina would find his explorer's den interesting.
(d) Michel is an amazing musician.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reasons does the tall woman's new friend find her attractive?

2. What painting does Maria resemble?

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

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

5. What time does "The Woman on the Dunes" start?

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