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

2. Why does the tall woman's husband refuse to make love to her?
(a) Her hair is too long and he does not wish to disturb it.
(b) She does not smell correctly.
(c) She is not a virgin.
(d) She is bigger than the Chinese women.

3. What does Louis see when he spies on the couple in the house?
(a) The woman is being seduced by the man.
(b) The woman is performing oral sex on the man.
(c) The man is making love to the woman.
(d) The man is performing oral sex on the woman.

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

5. What sort of nightgown does Lina bring to the narrator's home?
(a) A black lace nightgown.
(b) She does not wear a nightgown.
(c) A red kimono.
(d) A high-necked matronly gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorothy begin to have an affair with Donald?

2. Though she refuses to engage in intercourse, what does Lina continually attempt to do to the narrator?

3. In what region does "The Woman on the Dunes" take place?

4. Despite having broken through her frigidness with Donald, what does Dorothy discover about her love life with Robert?

5. Where does Michel claim to have found the aphrodisiac he uses on Lina?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Viking woman get married?

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

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

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

6. What happens have Lina, Michel, and the narrator sleep together?

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

8. How do Novalis and Maria begin to grow apart?

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

10. How does Michel seduce Lina?

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