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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 stories does Michel tell as Lina dozes off?
(a) His travels.
(b) His art.
(c) His family.
(d) His movies.

2. When Maria returns from the country, what does she discover in the studio?
(a) Novalis is having an affair.
(b) Novalis has destroyed every single painting of her.
(c) Novalis has committed suicide.
(d) Novalis is pleasuring himself with a painting of her.

3. How does the narrator describe the tall woman on the beach in "Sirocco?"
(a) A Lioness.
(b) A Viking.
(c) A Queen.
(d) An Empress.

4. 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.

5. Why does Lina grow angry at the narrator in the cafe?
(a) The narrator has just left Michel's bed.
(b) The narrator found the chanteuse attractive.
(c) The narrator tries to kiss her.
(d) The narrator has asked if Lina would like to visit Hans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorothy do after having sex with Donald and John?

2. What does Novalis do without Maria's knowledge while she sleeps?

3. What are Edna's career aspirations?

4. To what animal is Lina frequently compared?

5. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Robert and Dorothy's wedding?

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

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

4. For what reasons does Edna begin to find her self-confidence again after becoming estranged from Harry?

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

6. How does Michel seduce Lina?

7. What leads up to the schoolgirls running from Manuel at the end of this story?

8. Why did the Viking woman get married?

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

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

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