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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Manuel's loss of sexual desire?
(a) Therese is frigid.
(b) He can never simply make love to a woman.
(c) He is self-loathing homosexual.
(d) He was beaten for masturbation.

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

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

4. After the marriage, why can Dorothy no longer enjoy sex with Robert?
(a) She is starting to identify him with her father.
(b) She thinks she is a lesbian.
(c) She only wants Donald.
(d) She feels too guilty.

5. What is Manuel's favorite way of arousing himself?
(a) He likes to be watched by women.
(b) He likes to use a pillow.
(c) Men fighting.
(d) He writes down erotic thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator coax Lina into visiting Michel?

2. Why does Donald claim he can never forgive Dorothy?

3. Why does Dorothy resent Robert?

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

5. What happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Lina try to seduce the narrator?

2. Describe the night Louis shares with the woman he swims with during "the Woman on the Dunes."

3. Describe the scene with the four girls in Manuel's apartment on their second visit.

4. Describe Dorothy and Edna in "Two Sisters."

5. Why is Lina angry about the narrator's lovers?

6. What are Lina's views on lesbianism?

7. For what reasons, in the woman's story, are the people so stirred up about the impending execution of the Russian radical?

8. How does Louis "court" the woman in the ocean before he tries to make love to her?

9. How is Maria finally able to overcome her aversion to sensuality?

10. Describe the two mystery women in "Sirocco."

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