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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the story "Hilda and Rango" end?
(a) Rango and Hilda finally make love.
(b) Hilda returns to France.
(c) Rango leaves with the gypsies.
(d) Rango proposes to Hilda.

2. What does Mandra do to Miriam on the drive at the end of "Mandra?"
(a) Injects her with heroin.
(b) Promises to run away with her to Europe.
(c) Secretly stimulates her to orgasm.
(d) Reveals Miriam's indiscretions to her husband.

3. In what city does "Mandra" take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York City.

4. What about Hilda's body amazes Rango?
(a) Her paleness.
(b) Her delicacy.
(c) Her hourglass figure.
(d) Her strength.

5. 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) Reads to her.
(d) Plays a song for her.

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

7. In "A Model," why does the mother's friend believe the narrator could be a model?
(a) The narrator has an exceptionally lovely body.
(b) The narrator can contort her body.
(c) The narrator has a skill for stillness.
(d) The narrator has an unusual face.

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

9. What does Hilda discover she must do with the American writer whenever she wants to have sex?
(a) She must allow him to beat her slightly.
(b) She always has to make the first move.
(c) She must bring in another woman.
(d) She must schedule the time out in advance.

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

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

12. How does Rango help Hilda overcome her learned responses to sex?
(a) He sleeps with her whenever he wants.
(b) He arouses her but forces her to wait to make love.
(c) He corrects her every move.
(d) He allows her to initiate sex.

13. What happens when Albert tries to have sex with Faye?
(a) His servants interrupt them.
(b) His lovemaking is unsatisfying to Faye.
(c) He is too violent with her.
(d) He cannot sustain an erection.

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

15. In "A Model," while posing for the South American painter, the narrator is posed on a dummy of what animal?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Horse.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faye catch Albert doing one day as she comes up the stairs?

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. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?

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

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