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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the tall woman's husband react when she happily tells him what she is doing at the hotel?
(a) He curses her out.
(b) He wishes her the best of luck.
(c) He begins to laugh in disbelief.
(d) He agrees that they should annul their marriage.

2. When looking at the new apartments, what is the first sound that indicates the rooms are located across from a school?
(a) Schoolgirls shouting at recess.
(b) Schoolboys fighting.
(c) A nun's whistle.
(d) A schoolbell.

3. What is Manuel's favorite way of arousing himself?
(a) He likes to be watched by women.
(b) He writes down erotic thoughts.
(c) He likes to use a pillow.
(d) Men fighting.

4. What is transpiring as the tall woman talks to her husband on the phone at her hotel?
(a) Her friend is playing the guitar for her.
(b) Her friend is helping her pack her bags to run away again.
(c) Her friend is sketching her form.
(d) Her friend is beginning to make love to her.

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

6. What are Edna's career aspirations?
(a) Model.
(b) Writer.
(c) Actress.
(d) Sculptor.

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

8. How does Maria react to her discovery in Novalis's studio at the end of "The Maja?"
(a) She runs away.
(b) She divorces him and joins a nunnery.
(c) She gets drunk and begs him to paint her.
(d) She removes her clothes and offers herself to her husband.

9. What is significant about the mysterious man standing behind the woman at the Russian's execution?
(a) He is pressing his erection against her.
(b) He is coughing with tuberculosis.
(c) He is smoking opium.
(d) He is bleeding.

10. What do the girls see when Manuel's kimono slips open?
(a) His abdomen.
(b) The scars on his legs.
(c) His chest.
(d) That he is aroused.

11. Where does Manuel keep all of his new birds?
(a) The terrace.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The front room.
(d) The bathroom.

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

13. Why does Therese initially not care for the rooms in which Manuel wants to move?
(a) The walls are too thin.
(b) It is too far from her circus.
(c) The rooms are dirty and uninhabitable.
(d) It is located across from a school.

14. What sort of men tend to be attracted to Dorothy and her strength?
(a) Timid men.
(b) Strong men.
(c) Adventurous men.
(d) Abusive men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does "The Maja" take place?

2. What happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?

3. What is the cause of Manuel's loss of sexual desire?

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

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

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