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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of woman does the painter of "The Queen" claim gives him the most pleasure?
(a) A woman who can give him an equal partnership.
(b) A woman who falls in love too easily.
(c) A woman incapable of falling in love.
(d) A woman who must be wooed.

2. How does the painter know Bijou has been faithless?
(a) The painter hears a man talking about having sex with Bijou.
(b) Her paint is smeared.
(c) Her hair is messed up.
(d) He hears her having sex with someone else.

3. In Laura's mind during "the Chanchiquito," what forms images on the ceiling?
(a) Jan's insomniac scribblings.
(b) The water stains.
(c) The cracks.
(d) Paint splatters.

4. What copulating animals are added to the images on the ceiling in "the Chanchiquito?"
(a) Horses.
(b) Chanchiquitos.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

5. Laura's uncle advises his friend to take two of what article of clothing to Brazil in "The Chanchiquito?"
(a) Scarves.
(b) Hats.
(c) Pants.
(d) Jackets.

6. In what line of work did Mary find herself in at times during her younger days in "Mandra?"
(a) Chorus girl.
(b) Barmaid.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Model.

7. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?
(a) Burly.
(b) Piglike.
(c) Hairy.
(d) Wolflike.

8. What body part is the painter from "The Queen" discussing in the following statement? "Her _____. It is impossible to describe her _____ except by saying that they were the _____ of an orgasm."
(a) Hands.
(b) Voice.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Mouth.

9. What sort of relationship blooms between the attractive man at the end of the story who adores Europe and the narrator/model?
(a) They become colleagues.
(b) They become platonic friends.
(c) They become lovers.
(d) They become roommates.

10. What does Faye catch Albert doing one day as she comes up the stairs?
(a) Violently punching a wall.
(b) Putting his hand up a servant's skirt.
(c) Drinking secretly from a flask.
(d) Masturbating to a painting of her.

11. What does the narrator/model offer to her boyfriend in "A Model," which he refuses?
(a) To watch her model.
(b) Her virginity.
(c) Elopement.
(d) To help him become a model.

12. When the narrator/model has to pose with a man and a woman for another illustrator, why is the narrator so uneasy?
(a) The artist has been known to molest his artists.
(b) The man had previously been lewd with her.
(c) She did not like having to kiss the man.
(d) The other woman is quite catty towards her.

13. Fill in the blank for this quote from "Mandra:" "[Miriam and Paul's] obsession [is] with the word that is the key to society--everything must be "________."
(a) Smart.
(b) Perfection.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Rich.

14. Why does Bijou not allow the painter to touch her before the event?
(a) She does not wish to be unfaithful to her lover.
(b) She is frigid.
(c) She does not want her paint smeared.
(d) She does not want to ruin their non-sexual intimacy.

15. What does Rango do to Hilda when he takes her back to his cart?
(a) Kisses her all over.
(b) Massages her legs and feet.
(c) Plays a song for her.
(d) Reads to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Lena's friend who tells stories of his job and of his roommate's lustiness in "A Model?"

2. What would happen when Bijou would walk alone in the streets?

3. Why does Reynolds refuse to sleep with the narrator/model in "A Model?"

4. How does the painter decorate himself for the Art Ball at the end of "The Queen?"

5. What does the narrator/model realize after she fends off the attentions of the young illustrator?

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