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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 were characteristics of the American writer's work that attracted women (such as Hilda in "Hilda and Rango") to him?
(a) Thoughtful and philosphical.
(b) Sweet and caring.
(c) Violent and sensual.
(d) Fiery and intellectual.

2. When the narrator/model has to pose with a man and a woman for another illustrator, why is the narrator so uneasy?
(a) The artist has been known to molest his artists.
(b) The other woman is quite catty towards her.
(c) She did not like having to kiss the man.
(d) The man had previously been lewd with her.

3. How does the painter decorate himself for the Art Ball at the end of "The Queen?"
(a) He paints himself brown.
(b) He shaves his head.
(c) He does not decorate himself at all.
(d) He paints himself in tribal patterns.

4. Why is Albert finally able to make love to Faye?
(a) She is no longer a child.
(b) She has physically matured.
(c) She is finally aggressive enough to please him.
(d) She smells like his servants.

5. What, in particular, does Faye buy at the end of the story?
(a) Roses.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Beets.
(d) Saffron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faye discover when she goes walking one night?

2. In what is Laura and Jan lying in the second half of "the Chanchiquito?"

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

4. In what line of work did Mary find herself in at times during her younger days in "Mandra?"

5. What is the occupation of Lena's friend who tells stories of his job and of his roommate's lustiness in "A Model?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hilda forced to deal with her relationship to the American writer?

2. How does the painter know Bijou is faithless at the Art Ball?

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

4. Describe the relationship the narrator from "A Model" forms with Reynolds while they are in the countryside.

5. In "A Model," why does the narrator become a model?

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

7. How does the painter view Bijou?

8. Describe the contrasts (physical and personality-wise) between Jan and Laura.

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

10. How does Fay discover Albert is being unfaithful?

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