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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lina appear to hate more than anything?
(a) Music.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Dancing.

3. Where does Michel claim to have found the aphrodisiac he uses on Lina?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) India.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

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

6. How is the Russian in the woman's story to be executed?
(a) Electric chair.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Gas chamber.
(d) Firing squad.

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

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

9. What comment does Harry make about Edna's body that destroys her self-confidence?
(a) He says she has small breasts.
(b) He says she has broad shoulders.
(c) He says she has thick hips.
(d) He says she has skinny legs.

10. What is Harry's occupation?
(a) Airline pilot.
(b) Social captain for cruise ships.
(c) Actor.
(d) Portrait painter.

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

12. What time does "The Woman on the Dunes" start?
(a) Two in the morning.
(b) Ten at night.
(c) Four in the morning.
(d) Midnight.

13. To what is Louis resistant the night he cannot sleep in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Sex.

14. What causes Maria to go into deep sleeps?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Opium.
(c) Wine.
(d) Pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stories does Michel tell as Lina dozes off?

2. What part of Edna fascinates Robert the most?

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

4. What painting does Maria resemble?

5. Why does Lina grow angry at the narrator in the cafe?

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