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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. In what is Laura and Jan lying in the second half of "the Chanchiquito?"
(a) Laura's bed.
(b) Laura's terrace.
(c) Jan's bed.
(d) Jan's terrace.

2. In "A Model," while posing for the South American painter, the narrator is posed on a dummy of what animal?
(a) Horse.
(b) Donkey.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Elephant.

3. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?
(a) Eroticism.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Frostiness.
(d) Anger.

4. For what reason does Mandra initially decide against seducing Mary?
(a) Mary is drunk.
(b) Mary has just made love to someone else.
(c) Mary is ill.
(d) Mary is covered in lotion.

5. Who does Paul wish to take the women to see in "Mandra?"
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) The String Man.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Marcel Marceau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon her return to New York, where does the narrator/model find some modeling work?

2. What position is Laura holding after Jan is done drawing on the ceiling?

3. What does Miriam try on for Mandra?

4. What does Hilda discover she must do with the American writer whenever she wants to have sex?

5. How does Mandra describe her beauty in relation to Miriam's natural beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reasons is the narrator and the mysterious man at the end of "A Model" drawn together, eventually becoming lovers?

2. How does Jan seduce Laura at the end of this story?

3. Describe Mary's life, from the story "Mandra"

4. In what ways is Mary described as being intensely sexual, yet frigid?

5. Describe some of the narrator's first modeling jobs, including her experienced with the artists in "A Model."

6. How does Rango treat Hilda after their first, failed sexual encounter?

7. What leads up to Albert finally making love to his wife?

8. What pictures does Jan draw on the ceiling and why?

9. How does the painter view Bijou?

10. How does Hilda change throughout the course of this story?

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