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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faye finally request of Albert?
(a) She wants him to move away to another country with her.
(b) She wants him to grant her a divorce.
(c) She wants him to make love to her.
(d) She wants him to move out.

2. Why is Albert finally able to make love to Faye?
(a) She smells like his servants.
(b) She is no longer a child.
(c) She has physically matured.
(d) She is finally aggressive enough to please him.

3. What is Hilda's occupation?
(a) Model.
(b) Painter.
(c) Singer.
(d) Actress.

4. For what reason does Mandra initially decide against seducing Mary?
(a) Mary has just made love to someone else.
(b) Mary is ill.
(c) Mary is drunk.
(d) Mary is covered in lotion.

5. What would happen when Bijou would walk alone in the streets?
(a) Animals would run away from her.
(b) Men would follow her.
(c) Women would throw things at her.
(d) Police would try to arrest her for prostitution.

6. In the eyes of the painter, what was Bijou, his favorite model, unable to do?
(a) Break up with a lover.
(b) Lie.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Remain faithful.

7. What were characteristics of the American writer's work that attracted women (such as Hilda in "Hilda and Rango") to him?
(a) Fiery and intellectual.
(b) Sweet and caring.
(c) Violent and sensual.
(d) Thoughtful and philosphical.

8. How does the painter decorate himself for the Art Ball at the end of "The Queen?"
(a) He paints himself brown.
(b) He does not decorate himself at all.
(c) He paints himself in tribal patterns.
(d) He shaves his head.

9. What attribute of Faye's purchase for the party lingers on her?
(a) The flavor on her lips.
(b) The scent.
(c) The color.
(d) The cuts from the thorns.

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

11. 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) Mouth.
(d) Eyes.

12. For whom are Albert and Faye throwing a party?
(a) Their relatives.
(b) The servants.
(c) Their African friends.
(d) Their Spanish friends.

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

14. With what group of people does Rango generally live and travel?
(a) Artists.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Immigrants going to the coast.
(d) American Indians.

15. 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) Amusing.
(b) Perfection.
(c) Rich.
(d) Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faye discover when she goes walking one night?

2. Why does Mary not want Mandra to meet her husband?

3. How does Mandra describe her beauty in relation to Miriam's natural beauty?

4. How does Jan redirect Laura's attention from the ceiling at the end of "the Chanchiquito?"

5. In what city does "Mandra" take place?

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