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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 does Novalis do without Maria's knowledge while she sleeps?
(a) He consults a lawyer for a divorce.
(b) He hires nude models to sit for him.
(c) He paints her in the nude.
(d) He makes love to her.

2. How does the woman's story to Louis end?
(a) She is seperated from the man.
(b) She is arrested.
(c) She passes out.
(d) She is taken back to the man's rooms.

3. Besides Robert, how does Edna find her self-confidence again?
(a) She begins to teach dance lessons to children.
(b) She begins to act on stage.
(c) She begins to paint.
(d) She begins to have anonymous sexual encounters.

4. What is Harry's occupation?
(a) Portrait painter.
(b) Actor.
(c) Social captain for cruise ships.
(d) Airline pilot.

5. To where does Louis follow the mysterious woman?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The village.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The woods.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what money does Manuel buy the exotic birds?

3. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."

4. What does Lina appear to hate more than anything?

5. What stories does Michel tell as Lina dozes off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the woman pass out in her story as the Russian dies?

2. What are Lina's views on lesbianism?

3. What happens to the woman in the crowd while awaiting the Russian execution?

4. What are the only ways Manuel can become aroused?

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

6. Why does Dorothy become frigid to Robert and how does she attempt to handle it?

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

8. Describe Robert and Dorothy's relationship from the time to they meet until the time they first make love.

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

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

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