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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else happens the second the man penetrates the woman, according to her story in "The Woman on the Dunes?"
(a) A bottle of wine is thrown at the Russian.
(b) The Russian is shot before he can be hanged.
(c) The man in front of her collapses.
(d) The Russian is hanged.

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

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

4. What does Novalis do without Maria's knowledge while she sleeps?
(a) He paints her in the nude.
(b) He consults a lawyer for a divorce.
(c) He hires nude models to sit for him.
(d) He makes love to her.

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

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

7. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?
(a) A storm hits and they are forced to take cover.
(b) He grows ill from swimming.
(c) They are interrupted by her friend.
(d) He loses his erection.

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

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

10. When Maria returns from the country, what does she discover in the studio?
(a) Novalis has destroyed every single painting of her.
(b) Novalis is having an affair.
(c) Novalis is pleasuring himself with a painting of her.
(d) Novalis has committed suicide.

11. What is Michel burning when the narrator and Lina arrive at his apartment?
(a) Grass.
(b) Opium.
(c) Incense.
(d) Wax.

12. What does Maria forbid Novalis from using in his art?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Models.
(c) Photographs.
(d) The color red.

13. Despite her proclivities, what does Lina decry as disgusting?
(a) Lesbianism.
(b) Judging others.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Dancing.

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

15. Fill in the blank: the narrator of "Lina" has two male lovers who are named Michel and ______.
(a) Melchior.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Hans.
(d) Dieter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "The Woman on the Dunes," why can't Louis sleep?

2. What causes Maria to go into deep sleeps?

3. What sort of nightgown does Lina bring to the narrator's home?

4. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?

5. Why is Edna able to spend so much time with her new lover, Robert?

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