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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. For what reason do Maria and Novalis have their first argument?
(a) Novalis slaps her.
(b) He refuses to go to church.
(c) She sees him making love to another woman.
(d) She sees him using a nude model.

2. How many girls promise to come see Manuel the day after they meet him?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. What is Lina's mood whenever the narrator's lovers come to visit?
(a) Caution.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Joy.

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

5. How does Maria react to her discovery in Novalis's studio at the end of "The Maja?"
(a) She gets drunk and begs him to paint her.
(b) She removes her clothes and offers herself to her husband.
(c) She divorces him and joins a nunnery.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maria returns from the country, what does she discover in the studio?

2. What are Dorothy's career aspirations?

3. Where is the beach in the beginning of "Sirocco" located?

4. What painting does Maria resemble?

5. Why does the tall woman's husband refuse to make love to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Viking woman get married?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is a sirocco and how does it affect the narrator?

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

10. How does Michel seduce Lina?

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