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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lina claim about her experiences in Michel's apartment?
(a) She was an unwilling participant.
(b) She does not remember it.
(c) She had planned to be seduced by Michel all along.
(d) She was the instigator.

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

3. 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 explorer's den interesting.
(d) Lina would find his trained monkey amusing.

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

5. To where does the tall woman flee when she leaves her husband?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Shanghai.

6. How do the woman and her friends spend the night before witnessing the Russian's execution?
(a) Reading.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Writing.

7. In the woman's story, why was the Russian going to be executed?
(a) He was a traitor.
(b) He had entered the country illegally.
(c) He had kidnapped a diplomat's child.
(d) He murdered a diplomat.

8. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?
(a) They have a huge fight.
(b) They create a painting together.
(c) They smoke opium.
(d) They have a threesome.

9. Why is the mysterious woman not afraid of Louis swimming with her?
(a) She is attracted to him.
(b) He assures her he has no intentions.
(c) She knows him.
(d) Louis knows that she is already married and cannot be touched.

10. In what region does "The Woman on the Dunes" take place?
(a) Transylvanian.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Baltic.

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

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

13. 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 three eyes.
(c) It has the head of a monkey.
(d) It has chameleon like abilities.

14. Why does Novalis grow weary of Maria?
(a) She is too educated and he cannot keep up with her.
(b) She is not beautiful enough for him.
(c) She is too enthusiastic in her sexual pursuits.
(d) She has no passion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"

2. How many girls promise to come see Manuel the day after they meet him?

3. In what city does "Little Birds" take place?

4. What comment does Harry make about Edna's body that destroys her self-confidence?

5. Why is no one able to recognize Maria in the nude portraits?

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