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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. Why does Donald claim he can never forgive Dorothy?
(a) He feels like she used him for his money.
(b) She was sleeping with him and Robert at the same time.
(c) Henry mistakenly believed that Donald was Edna's lover and assaulted him.
(d) He saw how she hurt Edna.

2. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."
(a) French painter.
(b) American writer.
(c) Italian sculptor.
(d) English poet.

3. Which girl falls in line with Manuel's plan when he leaves the bathroom door open during urination?
(a) The blonde girl.
(b) The curly-haired girl.
(c) The shy girl.
(d) The plump girl.

4. What disturbs Lina about Michel's apartment?
(a) The high story.
(b) The claustrophobic walls.
(c) The coldness.
(d) The eroticism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the marriage, why can Dorothy no longer enjoy sex with Robert?

2. What is Michel burning when the narrator and Lina arrive at his apartment?

3. Where does Manuel keep all of his new birds?

4. Why does Dorothy resent Robert?

5. While using the toilet, why does Manuel leave the door to the bathroom open while the girls are in his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Manuel plan to entice the schoolgirls to his apartment?

3. In the story "The Maja," why did Novalis marry Maria and how does this affect their marriage?

4. Why does Manuel dislike his apartment and how does his wife deal with it?

5. What are Lina's views on lesbianism?

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

7. Why will Maria never allow her husband to see her nude and rarely poses for him?

8. What are the differing opinions given on why Lina behaves the way she does with the narrator?

9. For what reasons does Manuel want to move into the apartment with the terrace?

10. Why does Louis walk to the beach in "The Woman on the Dunes"?

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