2. Why is no one able to recognize Maria in the nude portraits?
(a) Maria is too angry looking compared to her portrait.
(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 always veiled in public.

3. What excuse does Robert have for identifying Edna with his mother?
(a) Edna and his mother got along too well for his comfort.
(b) Edna sings the same songs she does.
(c) Edna has his mother's hair color.
(d) They share the same birthday.

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

5. What does Maria believe about Novalis's new paintings and enthusiasm?
(a) He is merely replicating his one portrait of her.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He is ingesting certain drugs.
(d) He is painting only his fantasies.

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

7. What happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?
(a) Lina enters a convent.
(b) Lina moves in with the narrator.
(c) Lina sleeps with the narrator.
(d) Lina leaves for Paris.

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

9. How do Louis and the woman spend time between bouts of love-making?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Walking.

10. For what reason do Maria and Novalis have their first argument?
(a) She sees him making love to another woman.
(b) Novalis slaps her.
(c) He refuses to go to church.
(d) She sees him using a nude model.

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

12. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."
(a) English poet.
(b) Italian sculptor.
(c) American writer.
(d) French painter.

13. What sort of nightgown does Lina bring to the narrator's home?
(a) A black lace nightgown.
(b) She does not wear a nightgown.
(c) A high-necked matronly gown.
(d) A red kimono.

14. Why is Manuel unhappy with the rooms he and his wife rent in the beginning of this story?
(a) There are too many roaches.
(b) There is not enough light to paint.
(c) It is too far away from his job.
(d) It reminds him of his childhood home.

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